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Tech Please: Do you dare ride in a fully autonomous car?
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Autonomous driving is not new to us. Lots of people may have ridden in a self-driving taxi before or even own a car with an autopilot system.

There are six levels of autonomy. Levels 0 to 2 require human monitoring of the driving environment. At levels 3 to 5, the autopilot system will do the job.

One of the biggest concerns people have about autonomous vehicles is whether they are safe to ride.

Imagine in a big city with very complicated traffic conditions. Would you dare take a driverless vehicle that runs at more than 60km/h?

And the moral dilemmas of autonomous driving are also come up often.

Think about this scenario: When it comes to a dilemma of choosing between different human lives, for example, choosing between hitting one person versus five if an accident is inevitable, who should make the decision? Is it you or the autopilot system?

In this episode of Tech Please, let's discuss that concerns you may have about autonomous driving.

Videographer: Qi Jianqiang 

Video editor: Zhao Yuxiang 

3D designer: Pan Yongzhe 

Graphic designer: Yu Peng

Chief editor: Wu Gang

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