Could Self-Driving Trucks Be Good for Truckers ?
▻https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/02/uber-says-its-self-driving-trucks-will-be-good-for-truckers/551879/?mc_cid=b6f10b9311&mc_eid=8f72f58e93
That’s what a new study from Uber’s self-driving-truck team says, and a variety of trucking experts think they might be right. The outlook for trucking jobs has been grim of late. Self-driving trucks, several reports and basic logic have suggested, are going to wipe out truckers. Trucking is going to be the next great automation bloodbath. But a counter-narrative is emerging : No, skeptics in the industry, government, academia are saying, trucking jobs will not be endangered by autonomous (...)