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Twenty years ago, accessing the internet from your cell phone wasn't "presently common". Twenty years is a long time in tech terms. Self-driving vehicles are ju
by beat 10y ago
Twenty years ago, accessing the internet from your cell phone wasn't "presently common". Twenty years is a long time in tech terms. Self-driving vehicles are just on the verge of becoming viable. And it's not some oddball garage startup stuff... giants like Google, Tesla, and Apple are throwing their full weight behind it. They see this as a future market worth hundreds of billions.
And why? Because driverless trucking solves tremendous problems. It's less expensive. It's safer. I'd feel much, much safer on a highway filled with robot trucks than I do on a highway filled with fallible humans with limited reflexes. So yes, yes. It will happen, despite resistance, because it will be so much better than what we have now.
And I'm not fearful about the future. But others are, and for good reason. In general, I think it'll be great. If I was a 35 year old trucker looking at seeing my industry evaporate when I'm 50, I wouldn't be so positive.