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Back to the Future: Opinions of Autonomous Cars Over Time

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The aim of this research was to investigate whether preferences of U.S. adults regarding autonomous vehicles have changed in the past decade. We believe this to be indicative of the effect of cultural shifts over time in preferences regarding robots, similar to the effect of cultural and national differences on preferences regarding robots (e.g. [9],[14]). By replicating a 2009 survey regarding autonomous vehicle parking, we found that participants ranked four out of six parking and transportation options significantly differently now particularly for an autonomous vehicle with no override, a taxi, driving a standard vehicle, and being next to a vehicle driven by another person. Additionally, we found partial support that participants who were more informed about autonomous vehicle technology showed an increase in preferences for autonomous vehicles.

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