An Automated Vehicle (AV) like Me? The Impact of Personality Similarities and Differences between Humans and AVs
This addresses the problem of user trust and acceptance of AVs for the general public, but it is incremental as it builds on existing personality research in human-vehicle interaction.
The study investigated how personality similarities and differences between humans and automated vehicles (AVs) affect perceptions of AV safety, finding that similarities increased safety perception only when both were high in specific traits, while dissimilarities increased it only when the AV was higher in a trait.
To better understand the impacts of similarities and dissimilarities in human and AV personalities we conducted an experimental study with 443 individuals. Generally, similarities in human and AV personalities led to a higher perception of AV safety only when both were high in specific personality traits. Dissimilarities in human and AV personalities also yielded a higher perception of AV safety, but only when the AV was higher than the human in a particular personality trait.