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Re:The 'white-collar bloodbath' is all part of the AI hype m... by xorcist on Saturday May 31, 2025 @08:11AM (#44143716)
They are self driving the same way a tram or subway can be self driving. They traffic a tightly bounded designated area. They're not competing with human drivers. Still a marvel of human engineering, just quite expensive compared with other forms of public transport. It just doesn't compete in the same space and likely never will.
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Re:The 'white-collar bloodbath' is all part of the AI hype m... by tim333 on Saturday May 31, 2025 @10:50AM (#44144649)
They are literally competing with human uber drivers in the area they operate and also having a much lower crash and injury rate.

I admit they don't operate everywhere - only certain routes. Still they are undoubtedly cars that drive themselves.

I imagine it'll be the same with AGI. We'll have robots / AIs that are much smarter than the average human and people will be saying they don't count because humans win X Factor or something.

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Re:The 'white-collar bloodbath' is all part of the AI hype m... by hansmayer on Saturday May 31, 2025 @01:20PM (#44145693)
How are they competing, if their routes are limited?
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Re:The 'white-collar bloodbath' is all part of the AI hype m... by mediaman on Saturday May 31, 2025 @04:24PM (#44146731)
The cotton gin processed short fiber cotton, but not long fiber cotton.

Did the cotton gin therefore not compete with human labor?

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Re:The 'white-collar bloodbath' is all part of the AI hype m... by chipsrafferty on Saturday May 31, 2025 @06:57PM (#44147516)
Self-driving vehicles can only exist in cities of extreme wealth like SF. Try running them in Philadelphia and see what happens.
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