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Re:The threat of technological unemployment by agildehaus on Tuesday December 27, 2016 @04:18PM (#13266263)
> How much will the operators pay for software liability license, so if their truck does crash, someone gets paid out?

Much less than what they're paying now for insurance covering their human drivers.

> How much will the annual software updates cost?

Less than their human drivers cost, if anything at all.

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Re:The threat of technological unemployment by moxious on Wednesday December 28, 2016 @11:21AM (#13271494)
These answers are the speculative tech-positive viewpoint that is the conventional wisdom on HN. But since this hasn't happened yet, I think it's important for you to acknowledge that these are projections based on no actual data. They should be afforded an appropriate level of credulity.
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