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When sci-fi writers think of the future, they tend to think of flying cars and human-like
robots that do our work for us.
And while we’re not quite there yet with either of those, we’re getting close to
a different innovation -- _________.
In fact, companies like Google and Tesla are already working on these!
It’s possible that within the next ten or twenty years, these cars will become common,
and our roads might even become safer.
I mean, looking at the numbers, about _________ people die every year from traffic
accidents and around 94% of those accidents are caused by ___________.
So, it’s possible that well-made self-driving cars could _____________that number.
But also, these cars could make driving possible again for people who couldn’t drive otherwise,
like the ____________ or _________.
And on top of all that, think of how much you could get done during your daily ________!
I could finally read that Game of Thrones book everyone talks about!
Or, ya know, I could just sleep more which is probably what I’d end up doing.
But, I’m getting a bit ahead of myself.
Let’s first figure out how these cars will even /work./
This is probably obvious, but these cars first need ________ to get a rough idea of where
they are and where they need to go.
They also have a bunch of ________ to constantly scan the area around the them, looking for
any hazards -- whether that’s another car, a bicyclist, or even a rogue 离群的bird!
For Google’s self-driving cars, these sensors include________, and ____________
to map out the area.
And these are constantly monitoring 360 degrees around the car, which is much better than
what a _________driver could do.
But arguably the most important -- and challenging -- facet (事物的)部份,方面of self-driving cars is the_______
that makes them run.
This has to take in all the data from the sensors and GPS -- and even things like traffic
and weather conditions -- and make decisions based on that.
It determines how to steer, stop, and go, and everything else involved in getting you
from Point A to Point B.
But of course, this technology isn’t perfect and inevitably, these cars will be put in
a situation where a _______ is unavoidable.
And in some cases, the car will have to ________________ -- like crashing into pedestrians行人
or putting the car’s passengers at risk.
In that case, what should it do?
In a study, researchers found that most people would rather the car _____________
for ___________.
That said, these same people would rather ride in a car that protected its passengers
instead.
So, there’s a bit of a issue here because what these people want self-driving cars to
be like isn’t what they would want themselves.
What would you want in that case?
A lot of companies want self-driving cars to be ________ by 2020.
Will you be driving one when they come out?
Let me know in the comments below.
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