190: The Science of Self Driving Cars

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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