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by ShabbosGoy 3029 days ago
I think it will be some time before the big shipping players all decide to switch to self-driving trucks. We’re still a decade away from complete vehicular automation.

> The first part can be trivially automated and the second is just stupid. Truckers get paid per hour of work, less work == less money.

You could always pay them a salary and benefits, and hopefully UBI would exist at that point. Of course it’s unlikely for Uber to do that, because their strategy has been the exact opposite.