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Do Autonomous Vehicles Dream of Virtual Sheep? The Displacement of Reality in the Hyperreal Visions of Autonomous Vehicles

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Pages 1640-1655 | Received 20 Jan 2020, Accepted 23 Jul 2020, Published online: 19 Jan 2021

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