Autonomous Cars: My Computational Artifact

Michak who is Senior Application Architect & Technical Manager at Northrop Grumman and an IT professor at George Mason University. I choose to interview him because of his expertise in an area of programming and applications. He shared his professional opinion on the topic of Self-Driving cars. His opinion about the self-driving car is that he believes the technology is still not ready to replace the humans. He believes that the car meets all the technological demands, however, it still lacks in solving all the social issues it will arise.

Computers are already trusted to keep our cars from slipping and prevent wheels from locking up. Using computers to drive us around is a logical next step to take as the technology matures. As the industry advances, driverless cars will revolutionize life and make travel safer. Drunk driving can be eliminated as computers can take over for intoxicated humans. Elderly people will be able to move about as they please, without special assistance. As these systems become more advanced, and reliable, productivity will increase as less time is spent in traffic jams. According to USA Today, deaths from car accidents cost society nearly 900 billion a year. As driverless cars become more affordable, and better drivers then humans, the annual cost to society will decrease. As the lives saved by this technology will save millions of dollars in medical treatment, and keep healthy people out of the hospital and reduce the strain on emergency services from preventable

In “sally” and my article Newsela both talk about self driving cars. Both are really different, and somehow similar to each other. Using quotes from both of them, I am going to try to find what's different and what's alike. Am also going to compare it to today's world. Using both “Sally” and Newsela to see how similar ,and different they are from today as well

The Washington Post’s editorial board writes, in the article Driving into the Future, that automated cars are coming soon and that society needs to be convinced that driverless cars are safe and superior when compared to human controlled cars. This evaluation will describe how the writers make some excellent points and how they could have strengthened and added more credibility to their argument.

People every day are making new inventions to help better the human population. One invention in particular, the driverless car, has been worked on for many years. While we have semi-driverless cars and cars that can assist you with driving we do not have a car that can drive entirely on its own. Driverless cars are unnecessary and we do not need them. These "driverless cars" seem to be very useful.

Currently one of the main topics of discussion in the AI community is self driving cars. Self driving cars would be much safer than manually operated cars and with a lot of work they could even be developed to form a network across the country they are in so that they can “talk” to each other. This would greatly reduce the amount of deaths resulting from cars. However self driving cars have also raised plenty of issues such as the fact they could put many professional drivers out of work. Furthermore there are many moral issues raised by automated cars, the trolley problem, a problem involving choosing between killing one or more persons as opposed to another group/person, is a very popular theory right now as self driving cars would have to

Despite their ease and convenience, consumers have serious concerns about these driverless vehicles. Thus, driverless cars are currently being invented in the United States, people are seriously worried about the implications of these cars, and the technology behind driverless cars is still extremely useful in the present day. To begin, while driverless cars seem like innovations of the

Similarly, the article “The Moral Challenges of Driverless Cars” explains how driverless cars will be a safer alternative. It explains how humans are more prone to cause an accident than the driverless cars. The article describes the processing behind the vehicles and some problems they face while making them along with how this will delay their production. It also clarifies how the cars will be able to make the decisions that will keep people safe instead of putting them in harm’s way. Finally, the article describes the ethical issues and automation in cars today. According to Kirkpatrick, the cars are equipped with software that determine what reaction to make in different situations that would take a human more time to make, therefore, avoiding an accident. As stated in this article, there is still much work to be done before the cars are actually ready to sell to the public.

I used a website called piktochart to create my artifact. I split up the infographic area into separate blocks to contain the graphics on how self-driving cars work and the statistics associated with it. I then chose pictures off of the internet that fit the background with a self-driving car and a diagram of one of the cars so I could show each specific part. Through the diagram, an explanation of what each part does to make self-driving cars work is shown. I then added all of my text to explain what self-driving cars help with and what the graphics show. I found some graphs that show how long it will take for the process for self-driving cars to fully evolve and how self-driving cars save you money through insurance costs.

Imagine being able to get into your car and simply typing in your desired destination, and then reclining your seat to watch a movie or text a friend. During this time, the car is basically driving itself. Well, soon this may be possible this invention is called an autonomous car. An autonomous car, or driverless/ robotic car, is a car that is designed to drive without human interference. Essentially, drivers can program their destination into the car’s GPS system and then sit back and relax. Some of the world’s largest car companies are currently creating autonomous vehicles, such as Audi, Toyota, Volvo, Mercedes, and countless others. The driverless vehicle is now becoming a clearer and more present reality, and has been discussed and planned for decades. The autonomous vehicle offers significant benefits, but raises many questions and difficulties.

In the article, “Will Self-Driving Cars be Good for America” (March 10, 2016), Robert Peterson argues that America is ready for self-driving cars to take over the streets. The author first reports the statistics of car related accidents in America, and how much the damages have cost in all; he then presents all the benefits of autnomous cars by discussing how it will benefit people of all ages by limiting expenses, and being able to reach a destination without the need for a license; and to conclude, he then finishes his article by alerting the audience that they need to get ready for what’s about to happen to the automotive industry in America. His purpose is to inform the reader in order to convince them that autonomous cars are the only

This is the era of technology. We are surrounded by machines in every simple task of life. When I was young, I always wondered if I would ever be able to drive like older people do. A few years ago when I heard about Cars that don’t require a driver, I was so surprised and sad because I had already got my learner’s permit by that time and knew how to drive. I had always wanted to learn more about that topic but since they are not popular like other gas automobiles, not many people know about them. Last year, when I decided to major in IT, One of the first question I asked my IT professor was “What can you tell us about self-driving vehicles?” and he replied by saying, “what news tells us.” That made me start researching on that topic. For my Introduction to IT class, I planned to write my research paper on self-driving Class. However, before I could submit my topic request, someone else had already decided to write about self-driving cars. That increased my interest in wanting to know more about

In recent discussions of growing technology, a controversial issue has been whether we are ready for the advancements of driverless vehicles. On the one hand, some argue that these advancements have already proven that we are ready. On the other hand, however, others argue that we need to have more experience with the technology before we can be ready. In sum, then, the issue is are we ready or not for driver-less cars. While others think that driverless vehicles can’t be trusted yet without a commission to help lawmakers with regulating the vehicles and government officials that know more about this technology to better watch over it, I believe that we are ready for this new evolving automobile because driverless vehicles already has too much potential beginning with its self-automated breaking system and warnings.

A self-driving car is an autonomous vehicle capable of achieving the human transportation capabilities of a traditional car. The vehicle is capable of sensing its environment and navigating without human input. These robot cars mainly exist as prototypes and are only used for demonstrations. Although they are likely to become more widespread, in the future.

One of the touted benefits of autonomous vehicles is that it will reduce the need for parking in urban areas, where parking is often a premium. By 2035, it is estimated that the need for parking space should decline more than 5.7 billion square meters as a result of driverless cars. Experts speculate that individual car ownership will become a thing of the past, and that individuals will purchase a subscription service or buy into a “cardominium” where an autonomous vehicle, that no longer needs to be parked on site, will arrive and take an individual to their desired destination.