Question

Please write down your response after reading the paragraph. (At least 5 sentences long. 150-200 words)

Ethically, autonomous cars mixed together on the roads with human-operated cars raises a scary picture in my mind. If autonomous cars are running on the mindset of saving the greater good, and human operated cars are also on this roadway with the mindset of saving their own self… I am unsure of how that would turn out. It is a bit frightening to think about. It is also frightening to think about being a passenger in an autonomous car. As a passenger, you would be putting your faith and life into the hands of a machine, designed by humans, which may be prone to some type of error. Yes, the machine would not make human mistakes as to drink and drive or to text and drive, but there is still the chance of some type of error on the machine's part. As the speaker said, society needs to determine which trade-offs they are willing to make.

Answer 1

Autonomous cars are part of the human genius designed to improve efficiency, accuracy and time saving. When we think of a human driving a car, we usually assume they are going to be extremely careful, following the traffic rules at all time, drive without consuming alcohol and talk while driving and that humans won’t make mistakes. Everyday, more number of people are dying in road accidents all over the world and most of the time it’s the human error. Autonomous cars are machines that obey human commands and they don’t make any decisions on their own. So, it’s all about who designs the machine and whether they have taken all the aspects of driving, road condition, traffic rules, expected human behaviors into account etc. So, blaming the autonomous cars for the accidents in the future wouldn’t be such a good idea but in the case of malfunctioning of an autonomous car, there should be procedure for the humans in place to follow including those inside and outside the car. It’s always wise to welcome technology that would create a better future.