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A.N. was supported through funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (award #2020-14048) and the National Science Foundation via its program on the Future of Work at the Human–Technology Frontier (award #1928616, FW-HTF-P: Impact of AI Robotics on Labor).
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Nunes, A., Axhausen, K.W. Road safety, health inequity and the imminence of autonomous vehicles. Nat Mach Intell 3, 654–655 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42256-021-00382-3
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