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Psychological roadblocks to the adoption of self-driving vehicles

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  • Azim Shariff

    (UC Irvine - University of California [Irvine] - UC - University of California)

  • Jean-François Bonnefon

    (TSM - Toulouse School of Management Research - UT Capitole - Université Toulouse Capitole - Comue de Toulouse - Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - TSM - Toulouse School of Management - UT Capitole - Université Toulouse Capitole - Comue de Toulouse - Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse, TSE-R - Toulouse School of Economics - UT Capitole - Université Toulouse Capitole - Comue de Toulouse - Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement, UT3 - Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier - Comue de Toulouse - Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse)

  • Iyad Rahwan

    (IDSS - MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society [Cambridge, MA] - MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

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.

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  • Azim Shariff & Jean-François Bonnefon & Iyad Rahwan, 2017. "Psychological roadblocks to the adoption of self-driving vehicles," Post-Print hal-04947166, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-04947166
    DOI: 10.1038/s41562-017-0202-6
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