About 2/3 of Americans are worried about riding in self-driving cars

To absolutely no one’s surprise, the majority of Americans are still a little freaked out by the thought of riding in self-driving vehicles. (Folks in China, on the other hand, are pretty excited by the possibility.) Reuters reports on the latest poll numbers:

While 27 percent of respondents said they would feel comfortable riding in a self-driving car, poll data indicated that most people were far more trusting of humans than robots and artificial intelligence under a variety of scenarios.

The Reuters/Ipsos poll found a wide disparity of opinion by gender and age, with men generally more comfortable than women about using self-driving vehicles and millennials more comfortable than baby boomers. (tmsnrt.rs/2DD4h4W)

Among men, 38 percent said they would feel comfortable riding in a self-driving car and 55 percent said they would not. Among women, only 16 percent said they would feel comfortable and 77 percent said they would not.

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