Who doesn’t like it when a piece of technology can carry out a mundane task that any ordinary human would find mind numbingly dull? With recent advancements in the automotive industry, there might be one less monotonous task that you may not have to do yourself. Various car companies from around the world have begun development on completely autonomous cars, or cars that can function and make critical decisions without human input. It may sound all good and dandy to you, but it is actually a controversial issue today. There are many that claim that autonomous vehicles are the future of the road and that they will be the resolution to all the road rage and car accidents. Then, on the other side of the fence, there are those who oppose the new advancement, saying that there are all too many risk factors that are at hand, like the danger of hackers or the moral dilemmas that the piece of hardware may encounter on the roads. In my personal opinion, I do not believe that the autonomous car is the future of the roads because, there is the risk of the car’s programming glitching, the fear of the car being hacked and the car not being able to adapt to the road conditions. As perfect as we may view technology, it is not free …show more content…
These cars, as any other piece of technology containing software, are likely prone to hacking. “And as our cars become more connected - to the internet, to wireless networks, with each other and with our infrastructure - are they at risk of catastrophic cyber-attacks?,” (Wise). As the article suggests, there is always the danger of cyber-attacks looming with the presence of autonomous vehicles. If these cars were to be mass produced and used by the United States’ populace, they would always be susceptible to cyber-attacks. What if they were hacked in masses? The chaos and carnage a single person can inflict upon the nation could be