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I looked at the graph and saw the statistics, but your short and simple comment gives me pause. If in fact we achieve autonomous trucks it would mean we might

I looked at the graph and saw the statistics, but your short and simple comment gives me pause. If in fact we achieve autonomous trucks it would mean we might potentially displace the most common job in 27-odd states. We (the USA) as a country should begin thinking about the ramifications of this and how we might need to change to preserve not the economy, but society.

gghh 11y ago
There was recently a blog post analyzing exactly this: "Self-Driving Trucks Are Going to Hit Us Like a Human-Driven Truck" https://medium.com/basic-income/self-driving-trucks-are-going-to-hit-us-like-a-human-driven-truck-b8507d9c5961 https://medium.com/basic-income/self-driving-trucks-are-goin... It was intensely discussed on HN as well https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9555295 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9555295 edited for spelling