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Analyse this topic using three different points of view: Point 1: Hardware and software involved (investigate) Point 2: Social and ethical issues that can be mentioned Point 3: Social Impact Words: from 1000 to 1500 A driverless car refers to a car that does not need human intervention to function. It is also called autonomous/autopilot/auto-drive car. It is a project of Google which uses artificial-intelligence software that can sense anything near the car and mimic the decisions made by a human driver. The creator is Sebastian Thrun1. Nevada is putting a pedal to the metal on the autonomous automobiles. Two months ago, regulations that allow self-driving cars were set by the government. The first testing licence under these new rules has been approved by Google. This organization has been trying the vehicle for some years on its campuses and other secret locations. The Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles said the following: “It is the first license issued in the United States under new laws and regulations that put Nevada at the forefront of autonomous vehicle development” David Goldwater, who has been promoting the car and has been a passenger in former car tests, affirms that “it’s like riding in any car,” adding “I have not been afraid at all riding in it. It is no different than when you get to an airport and fly in a plane that is automatically controlled 90 percent of the time.” There is a team of 15 engineers working in this project. Google hired more than a dozen people, each with a spotless driving record, to sit in the driver’s seat, paying $15 an hour or more. Google is using six Priuses and an Audi TT in the project. The system interprets the information and processes it. In this way, it is able to choose the more suitable paths, the velocity allowed and identify the obstacles to be able to avoid them. Maps, which ought to be actualized in case any routes or laws change, are uploaded. These driverless cars, as its name shows, the driver now turns to be a passenger. The use of artificial-intelligence is the car’s most important attribute. The array of sensors is also very important because it allows the car to navigate all the public roads. An inertial motion sensor and a GPS receiver are the first elements to have in account. What is more, there is a rotating sensor on the roof that generates a precise three-dimensional map of the zone in which the car is travelling. It is called a lidar. In addition, there is a a position estimator which is a sensor mounted on the left rear wheel. It measures small movements made by the car and helps to accurately locate its position on the map. Furthermore, a camera is built near the rear-view mirror which detects traffic lights and helps the car’s onboard computers recognize moving obstacles like pedestrians and bicyclists. Lastly, there are four standard automotive radar sensors, three in front and one in the rear which help to determine the positions of distant objects. Social and ethical issues should also be mentioned; this has to do with the dichotomy humans vs. technology. As time goes by, technology is taking a more important place in our lives. It reached a point in which some tasks humans were use to do, now it not necessary. It goes from a simple issue such as a calculator for maths so that you do not have to do all the maths working in a sheet of paper to a more complex issue: cars that are driven in their own. The first advantage is that robots have a faster time reaction than humans and they all have the same; instead, in humans, it changes. Robots are machines; they do not suffer for personal problems, get distracted or get under chemical substances such as drugs or alcohol. Humans make mistakes but robots are programmed for doing things correctly with no margin for error. With time, technology improves and there is less probability for things going wrong. As a hypothesis, the number of lives saved and injuries avoided will increase due to the reasons explained above. There will be fewer crashes and traffic congestion will be reduced so people will able to circulate easily. What is more, as cars are programmed, they will choose the more secure paths and will no excess the speed limit or ignore the traffic signs such as lights. In addition, these cars have system incorporated which announces how far you are from your destiny or if you are in a dangerous zone for example. Furthermore, fuel will be replaced by other materials which reduce the fuel’s terrible effect in the environment: air pollution. For the time, these cars are “weird” for the population and only the upper-classes can afford them. However, as every single element, it will soon be provided for the rest of the people and it will be in that moment that more ethical problems will surge. This will take time considering that these cars a are very expensive and a lot of time has to go by before their prices decrease. Actually, this only affects Nevada’s upper-class population. Many workers whose job is driving a taxi will get unemployed. In other words, the quantity of cars will increase but quantity of employees will decrease. Workers will have to be more qualified and study to be able to obtain new jobs. The market will be the opening of factories which produce these cars. Taxi drivers will not be able to apply for this job if they do not study. BibliographyMarkoff, John. "The New York Times." October 10, 2012. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/10/science/10google.html?pagewanted=all#h[]. Stern, Joanna. "ABC News." May 8, 2012. http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2012/05/google-self-driving-car-license-approved-in-nevada/. 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