Bonnefon, Jean-François, Rahwan, Iyad and Shariff, Azim (2016) The social dilemma of autonomous vehicles. Science, 352 (6293). pp. 1573-1576.

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Identification Number : 10.1126/science.aaf2654

Abstract

Autonomous vehicles (AVs) should reduce traffic accidents, but they will sometimes have to choose between two evils, such as running over pedestrians or sacrificing themselves and their passenger to save the pedestrians. Defining the algorithms that will help AVs make these moral decisions is a formidable challenge. We found that participants in six Amazon Mechanical Turk studies approved of utilitarian AVs (that is, AVs that sacrifice their passengers for the greater good) and would like others to buy them, but they would themselves prefer to ride in AVs that protect their passengers at all costs. The study participants disapprove of enforcing utilitarian regulations for AVs and would be less willing to buy such an AV. Accordingly, regulating for utilitarian algorithms may paradoxically increase casualties by postponing the adoption of a safer technology.

Item Type: Article
Language: English
Date: June 2016
Refereed: Yes
Subjects: B- ECONOMIE ET FINANCE
Divisions: TSM Research (Toulouse), TSE-R (Toulouse)
Site: UT1
Date Deposited: 16 Dec 2016 15:01
Last Modified: 18 Jul 2023 08:44
OAI Identifier: oai:tse-fr.eu:31280
URI: https://publications.ut-capitole.fr/id/eprint/22622
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