[hirundo]

I'd make a long term bet on this. I think that it won't be very many years until auto-pilots are safer than any humans in any conditions, like chess software. Auto pilot senses and reaction times can be far better, and we're watching AI capabilities increase at an accelerated rate. And huge economic investments in the problems.

If you're a young person at least, don't plan on a long career driving a truck.

[iancmceachern]

I agree, but I don't think we will remove the human.

New jet liners have had the technical ability to fly and land automatically, yet pilots still typically manually land unless there are bad visibility or other conditions. In those conditions they often autoland.

Why would this be any different?

I'd expect we see some kind of hybrid approach.