Self driving cars are hitting our roads so it seems like a good time to find out how they work (and how they don't). This week we're covering the science of autonomous vehicles, the ethics that guide them, and how capitalism (and Elon Musk) could be making them worse than they need to be...

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References & Further Reading

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07135-0

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352146520300995

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352146520300995

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352146520300995?ref=pdf_download&fr=RR-2&rr=753e48c77a1edd47

https://auto.howstuffworks.com/under-the-hood/trends-innovations/driverless-car.htm

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07135-0

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/08/25/tesla-elon-musk-demo/

https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7bzxm/lets-go-hit-this-kid-tesla-stans-find-actual-child-to-try-and-prove-teslas-dont-run-over-kids

https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/12/23302850/tesla-full-self-driving-child-crash-open-letter

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/01/business/tesla-recall.html

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/aug/09/tesla-self-driving-technology-safety-children#:~:text=Since%202016%2C%20the%20agency%20has,where%20Teslas%20hit%20emergency%20vehicles.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Elon_Musk_Royal_Society_%28crop2%29.jpg