Autonomous Cars

Public Perception of Autonomous Cars

The challenge: identifying appropriate national policies for deployment of autonomous cars in South Korea

Design Team: Open Roboethics Institute (ORI)

Client: Korean Transportation Institute (KOTI)

Review previous ORi polls on autonomous cars here.

 

 

The approach:

  1. Map out the critical ethical, social and public perception issues on the deployment of autonomous cars through brainstorming and engagement of experts,
  2. Design and conduct a series of online surveys from 2017-2020 that investigate these issues across two participant pools from South Korea and United States,
  3. Identify the most critical issues and generate recommendations from this work

Key learning or insights:  So far we have explored three main issues:

  • The value of driver autonomy versus safety when it comes to using of safety-critical features such as the Automatic Braking System
  • The convenience of using software updates versus public safety if updates are not done by each user
  • The public perspective towards using software patches created by third-party developers

The impact of findings: The findings will inform future policy considerations.

My specific role: In 2017, I was leading the identification of issues and design of the survey. In 2018, I will be leading this research fully and will be more heavily involved in analysis and delivery as well.