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dabluecabooselast Tuesday at 2:06 AM1 replyview on HN

A misfire or a jam are just as possible on a "smart" gun. Again, this is not a unique standard being applied unfairly.

Gun owners already treat reliability as a major factor in purchasing decisions. Whether that reliability is hardware or software is moot, as long as the thing goes "bang" when expected.

It's not hard to see the parallels to LLMs and other software, although ostensibly with much lower stakes.


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ceejayozlast Tuesday at 2:30 AM

> Gun owners already treat reliability as a major factor in purchasing decisions.

But zero smart guns are on the market. How are they evaluating this? A crystal ball?

Why do we not consider “doesn’t shoot me, the owner” as a reliability plus?

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