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Video of the week: the ethics of automotive autonomy

In this week’s video, Stanford University researchers discuss the practical challenges to realising vehicle autonomy.

Safe and appropriate driving decisions that come intuitively to human drivers might seem counter intuitive to the decision making processors inside an autonomous vehicle.

To this end, the Stanford University engineers are conducting experiments to translate social behaviour into algorithms so that autonomous cars will maintain vehicle safety and passenger comfort.

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