Psychological roadblocks to the adoption of self-driving vehicles

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...

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Main Authors: Shariff, Azim, Bonnefon, Jean-François, Rahwan, Iyad
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratory
Format: Article
Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2020
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/125064
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spelling mit-1721.1/1250642022-10-01T17:22:00Z Psychological roadblocks to the adoption of self-driving vehicles Shariff, Azim Bonnefon, Jean-François Rahwan, Iyad Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratory 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. 2020-05-06T17:59:25Z 2020-05-06T17:59:25Z 2017-09 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 2397-3374 https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/125064 Shariff, Azim et al. "Psychological roadblocks to the adoption of self-driving vehicles." Nature Human Behavior 1, 10 (September 2017): 694–696 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41562-017-0202-6 Nature Human Behavior Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ application/pdf Springer Science and Business Media LLC Prof. Rahwan via Elizabeth Soergel
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