Mara Anderson

In the future it will be illegal to drive cars... in most areas. Oh look a dog!, let me just send this text quick, OMG I love this song turn it up, almost 95% of serious car crashes are caused by human error. computers don't get distracted AND they know what other computers are going to do. The number of crashes will decrease as the ratio of self-driving cars to normal cars increases. Although drivable cars will never fully go away, they are too rooted in our history and enjoyment. Therefor there will be a comprise of designated locations to be able to drive cars as well as less busy country areas.  Have you ever heard of the trolley problem? A trolley is rushing towards 3 people who will die if it hits them but you can push a button that switches the track to one that only has 1 person and will kill them instead. Do you push the button? This is a tough question that needs to be asked when developing autonomous cars, if a car is going to be in an unavoidable accident does it chose ...

  Robots will one day take over the world.  The first computer was invented in the early1940s and took up a whole room, now we have 10 times or more of the processing power in our pockets known as phones. in a span of 70-80 years technology has advance so much that could be as little as the life span of 1 individual! With how fast technology is advancing and evolving can humanity advance as well and stay on top? one of the best qualities Humans have is their ability to adapt and keep innovating they will stay on top, but if they are stagnant then computers and robots pose a real threat to humanity.   If computers are going to rule our world, why do we continue to advance and even give the right to make decisions for us?  well many see machine learning as objective and impartial but it’s still only as impartial as the person training it. Machine Learning uses a database to make decisions based on past records. basically, it’s just a fancy fortune tell...