Psychological roadblocks to the adoption of self-driving vehicles

Azim Shariff (), Jean-François Bonnefon and Iyad Rahwan ()
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Azim Shariff: University of California
Iyad Rahwan: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Nature Human Behaviour, 2017, vol. 1, issue 10, 694-696

Abstract: Self-driving cars offer a bright future, but only if the public can overcome the psychological challenges that stand in the way of widespread adoption. We discuss three: ethical dilemmas, overreactions to accidents, and the opacity of the cars’ decision-making algorithms — and propose steps towards addressing them.

Date: 2017
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