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Car crashes aren’t very funny. Unless, apparently, it’s a self-driving car. Researchers on public perception of these new vehicles explain why. This is an article from our newsletter “Science Goes To ...

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Let's borrow an analogy from another domain that has wrestled with automation, trust and safety: self-driving cars.