In the not-too-distant future, there will be a fleet of self-driving cars that'll take people to different destinations.
I read an article on TechCrunch that predicted a future: 2023.
The concept that I don't actually have to drive while I'm in my car; maybe I could get more work done; maybe I could sleep, or anything; it's nothing short of amazing. It's absolute awesomeness.
It's not that crazy of an idea, Google Ventures is already an investor, and Uber, which is a car-service. I imagine legislation has been put into place where a human driver doesn't really need to be in the car, with a self-driving car (across locations). You can then use your handy-dandy Uber app, the car shows up, and there's no driver, the car would drive you to wherever you want, you input it. You won't even need to have any unwanted conversation, there's probably Wi-Fi in the car, you click to browse, and it's apparently safer because the technology has advanced so far. So far that the car can drive you to the airport and then drive itself back home, to take your lady to the grocery store.
It's all amazing things, except for the guy that'd normally have driven that car. Looking back, it's kind of history at this point: technology taking place of humans. That guy who'd normally have that job to support his family, no longer has that option.
And it ultimately wouldn't stop at taxi drivers, proportionately all transportation. So, you'd make the obvious jump to truck drivers. Literally, these guys can travel across a country with no sleep.
Basically, these truck companies won't have to pay self-driving trucks overtime (which is how human truck drivers feed their families). At the end of the day, your end result is a business owner who does not have to pay human employees; pay their health insurance; worry about their leave and their schedule; and you have a bunch of people out of their jobs.
Realistically, you (assuming you're the one in charge of the truck company with self-driving trucks) wouldn't be able to fire everyone, but you'd fire pretty much all of your drivers, and then hire a few other people to keep track of trucks.
The way I see it, in the future, affirmative action will no longer be about hiring a specific color or race. It'd definitely be about having a minimum amount of humans working on your force.
I read an article on TechCrunch that predicted a future: 2023.
The concept that I don't actually have to drive while I'm in my car; maybe I could get more work done; maybe I could sleep, or anything; it's nothing short of amazing. It's absolute awesomeness.
It's not that crazy of an idea, Google Ventures is already an investor, and Uber, which is a car-service. I imagine legislation has been put into place where a human driver doesn't really need to be in the car, with a self-driving car (across locations). You can then use your handy-dandy Uber app, the car shows up, and there's no driver, the car would drive you to wherever you want, you input it. You won't even need to have any unwanted conversation, there's probably Wi-Fi in the car, you click to browse, and it's apparently safer because the technology has advanced so far. So far that the car can drive you to the airport and then drive itself back home, to take your lady to the grocery store.
It's all amazing things, except for the guy that'd normally have driven that car. Looking back, it's kind of history at this point: technology taking place of humans. That guy who'd normally have that job to support his family, no longer has that option.
And it ultimately wouldn't stop at taxi drivers, proportionately all transportation. So, you'd make the obvious jump to truck drivers. Literally, these guys can travel across a country with no sleep.
Basically, these truck companies won't have to pay self-driving trucks overtime (which is how human truck drivers feed their families). At the end of the day, your end result is a business owner who does not have to pay human employees; pay their health insurance; worry about their leave and their schedule; and you have a bunch of people out of their jobs.
Realistically, you (assuming you're the one in charge of the truck company with self-driving trucks) wouldn't be able to fire everyone, but you'd fire pretty much all of your drivers, and then hire a few other people to keep track of trucks.
The way I see it, in the future, affirmative action will no longer be about hiring a specific color or race. It'd definitely be about having a minimum amount of humans working on your force.
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