This is interesting. In my experience with both starting new businesses within larger organizations, and from working in startups, one of the main advantages of startups is exactly that they can have much more relaxed safety/take on much more risk. This is the very reason for the adage “move fast and break things”. In software it is less pronounced but still important—a new fintech product developed within e.g. Oracle will have tons of scrutiny because of many reasons such as reputation but also if it was rolled out embedded in Oracle’s other systems it might cause large-scale damage for the clients. Or, imagine if Bird (the electric scooter company) was an initiative from within Volvo—they absolutely would not have been allowed to be as reckless with their drivers’ safety.
I think you might find examples of this in approaches to AI safety in e.g. OpenAI versus autonomous driving with Volvo.
This is interesting. In my experience with both starting new businesses within larger organizations, and from working in startups, one of the main advantages of startups is exactly that they can have much more relaxed safety/take on much more risk. This is the very reason for the adage “move fast and break things”. In software it is less pronounced but still important—a new fintech product developed within e.g. Oracle will have tons of scrutiny because of many reasons such as reputation but also if it was rolled out embedded in Oracle’s other systems it might cause large-scale damage for the clients. Or, imagine if Bird (the electric scooter company) was an initiative from within Volvo—they absolutely would not have been allowed to be as reckless with their drivers’ safety.
I think you might find examples of this in approaches to AI safety in e.g. OpenAI versus autonomous driving with Volvo.