User talk:Lmccanna/sandbox

Addition to Autonomous Cars page, Disadvantages
Ethical and moral reasoning come into consideration when programming the software that decides what action the car take in an unavoidable crash; whether the autonomous car will crash into a bus, potentially killing people inside; or swerve elsewhere, potentially killing its own passengers or nearby pedestrians. A question that comes into play that programmers find difficult to answer is “what decision should the car make that causes the ‘smallest’ damage when it comes to people’s lives?” The ethics of autonomous vehicles is still in the process of being solved and could possibly lead to controversiality. Lmccanna (talk) 08:43, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

Addition to Autonomous Cars page, Technology
Autonomous cars are being developed with deep learning, or neural networks. Deep neural networks have many computational stages, or levels in which neurons are simulated from the environment that activate the network. The neural network depends on an extensive amount of data extracted from real life driving scenarios. The neural network is activated and “learns” to perform the best course of action. Deep learning has been applied to answer to real life situations, and is used in the programming for autonomous cars. In addition, sensors, such as the LIDAR sensors already used in self-driving cars; cameras to detect the environment, and precise GPS navigation will be used in autonomous cars. Lmccanna (talk) 10:04, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

Addition to Autonomous Cars page, Potential Obstacles
Discrepancy between people’s beliefs of the necessary government intervention may cause a delay in accepting autonomous cars on the road. Whether the public desires no change in existing laws, federal regulation, or another solution; the framework of regulation will likely result in differences of opinion. Lmccanna (talk) 10:04, 29 November 2017 (UTC)