That fuel economy comes from sophisticated electronic fuel and spark controls, and computerized automatic transmissions teamed up with a very sophisticated engine that was designed using computer-automated design, machined using CNC milling, and assembled by robots.

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The trio argues in a paper that will be published in Science and Technology Ethics that the people who design the algorithms for computer-automated trading should take a lesson from the engineers and technicians who keep our food, medicines and airlines safe.

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