The news article I chose was Google Cars Drive Themselves in Traffic. It was an interesting article. I found it amazing that Google is so far ahead of most other companies and even universities. It did mention that Stanford did make similar steps to create cars that would drive themselves.
It is really a start to make a future where people don’t have to worry about accidents on the road. The technology could save many lives. On the other hand it would also make people less likely to pay any attention to the road and could if something happened to the car or software cause an accident.
One line in the article really stood out to me, “cars could save humans from themselves.” This sound strangely familiar to Isaac Asimov writing. In one of his short story that was changed into a move, I, Robot, an A.I. overrides the three robot laws to keep people safe by making a law zero that allows robots to hurt people if it is for the betterment of the rest.
To me that seem like a recipe for disaster but if there are no homicidal robots that its not a bad idea and I say go for it. Who does want cars that can drive themselves?
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