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SCdF ◴[] No.44532508[source]
Effectively tortured to death.

One of the things that frustrates me with how ethics is taught in computer science is that we use examples like Therac 25, and people listen in horror, then their takeaway is frequently "well thank god I don't work on medical equipment".

The fact that it's medical equipment is a distraction. All software can cause harm to others. All of it. You need to care about all of it.

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whycome ◴[] No.44532722[source]
That’s why the “died by suicide” language can be problematic. These people were driven by several factors and they were left with no choice.
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1. arrowsmith ◴[] No.44533039[source]
"Driven to suicide" may be more accurate. And damning.