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Taking ethics seriously in AV trajectory planning algorithms

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This research (project EMERGENCY-VRD) is funded by the Digitalization and Technology Research Center of the Bundeswehr (dtec.bw). dtec.bw is funded by the European Union–NextGenerationEU.

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  1. University of the Bundeswehr Munich–Digitalization and Technology Research Center of the Bundeswehr (dtec.bw), Munich, Germany

    Lando Kirchmair & Norbert Paulo

  2. Institute of Philosophy, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Norbert Paulo

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Kirchmair, L., Paulo, N. Taking ethics seriously in AV trajectory planning algorithms. Nat Mach Intell 5, 814–815 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42256-023-00706-5

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