Self-Driving Trucks Are Going to Hit Us Like a Human-Driven Truck

Re:Self-Driving Trucks Are Going to Hit Us Like a Human-Driv... by afarrell on Saturday May 16, 2015 @04:33AM (#9555430)

But in theory won't the poverty line decrease since the cost of everything but rent and medical care will go down?

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Re:Self-Driving Trucks Are Going to Hit Us Like a Human-Driv... by geon on Saturday May 16, 2015 @09:10AM (#9555956)

Why would cost go down?

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Re:Self-Driving Trucks Are Going to Hit Us Like a Human-Driv... by maxerickson on Saturday May 16, 2015 @10:01AM (#9556104)

I think the other commenter meant that self driving trucks will likely reduce the cost of shipping.

Shipping doesn't add a whole lot of cost to goods already though, an awful lot of bananas fit on a pallet (I think bananas are a reasonable example here, they are shipped overseas, cheap, bulky and somewhat fragile).

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Re:Self-Driving Trucks Are Going to Hit Us Like a Human-Driv... by sologoub on Saturday May 16, 2015 @12:14PM (#9556611)

Don't think costs will go down, but the commenter probably thinks that as middle class jobs get automated away, more and more people begin to rely on BI, thereby taking the median income down and reducing the overall spending.

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