Moritz Wischert-Zielke
Klemens Weigl
Andreas Riener
ABSTRACT
This paper presents the results of an online questionnaire study (N = 97) which examined participants' anticipated acceptance of crash-control-algorithms (CCAs, i.e., algorithms aimed at effecting certain ethical accident outcomes). Concerning a self-sacrifice trolley dilemma, participants displayed a specific age-dependent pattern, in which both younger (18 -- 44 years) and older (65+ years) participants rated their acceptance for egoistic algorithms higher and for altruistic algorithms lower when compared to middle-aged participants (45 -- 64 years).
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- Age differences in the anticipated acceptance of egoistic versus altruistic crash-control-algorithms in automated vehicles
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