Self-driving trucks threaten one of America's top blue-collar jobs

Re:Self-driving trucks threaten one of America's top blue-co... by mishchea on Sunday September 25, 2016 @11:49AM (#12575806)

I'm surprised at how _few_ posts/articles like this there have been, so far: self-driving cars are taking off and are a big looming imminent threat to Uber/taxi/truck drivers.

Every time I take an Uber now, I wonder if the driver realizes that his job will most likely be automated away in a couple of years.

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Re:Self-driving trucks threaten one of America's top blue-co... by nsgi on Sunday September 25, 2016 @12:32PM (#12575996)

More like a couple of decades.

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Re:Self-driving trucks threaten one of America's top blue-co... by monkmartinez on Sunday September 25, 2016 @01:28PM (#12576265)

I disagree. At most one decade, but I would bet it happens much sooner. As some have mentioned... the economic incentives are too high.

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Re:Self-driving trucks threaten one of America's top blue-co... by ocdtrekkie on Sunday September 25, 2016 @12:10PM (#12575893)

There's way more posts/articles than warranted. Human drivers are going nowhere anytime soon. There's a lot of marketing about self-driving cars but nowhere enough actual technology to back it.

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