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I view apps like this as a transition helper, eventually automated cars will replace uber drivers, etc. However until that tech is fully ready people have to do
by swalsh 11y ago
I view apps like this as a transition helper, eventually automated cars will replace uber drivers, etc. However until that tech is fully ready people have to do the jobs. These apps are like creating the interface before the back-end is ready. The real interesting financial possibilities in my opinion about the "gig economy" is
the long term potential for when it's not people who are doing the "gigs".
Of course people should be a lot more friendly to the people who unfortunately have to rely on these "gigs" to get by.
- VLM 11y agoSo the TLDR is massive underemployment of some of our most expensively educated youth isn't a problem because soon they'll be unemployed?
- swalsh 11y agoOne would hope that in a world where automated cars and advanced AI make unskilled employment especially difficult, unemployment wouldn't be a terrible thing.
- vkou 11y agoThat would require a complete overhaul of the social order... Unlike AI, however, nobody seems to be making any headway on that.
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- shostack 11y agoI'd hope that every Uber driver out there is well aware of their intent to replace them all with automated cars the second that becomes feasible. Lord knows it has been telegraphed enough. Doesn't necessarily mean there's an obvious solution for employing those people in the future, but I just hope they are all informed about the fact that Uber's future is basically dependent on eliminating all of their human drivers from the cost equation.