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Many driving jobs are more than just operating a vehicle. For example, delivery people have driving jobs, but the person walking in to drop off the package is s
by delecti 9y ago
Many driving jobs are more than just operating a vehicle. For example, delivery people have driving jobs, but the person walking in to drop off the package is still necessary without the driving portion. It will certainly hurt, but not as much as that 30% seems to suggest. Not to mention that the vehicles are capital expenses, so we'll see a gradual rollout of the self-driving commercial vehicles as old vehicles are retired and replaced over time.
- slobotron 9y agoMercedes vans with Starship drones may make delivery people obsolete too https://qz.com/879605/mercedes-made-a-crazy-van-with-built-in-drones-and-robot-arms-to-deliver-the-packages-of-tomorrow/ https://qz.com/879605/mercedes-made-a-crazy-van-with-built-i...
- elementalest 9y agoEven when only part of a system/process can be automated and it looks like the rest is too hard to automate, doesn't mean there wont be ways around it, or ways to cheat. Just look at how automation in factories has developed. Sometimes all it takes is to change the process slightly. In the case of your delivery example, a person is not necessarily required to drop off the package. A system could be setup where you can request a delivery time frame for your package (e.g. between 7-9pm). When the autonomous delivery van arrives, it parks outside your house and notifies you of its arrival. You go down, scan your card and the van dispenses your package. The van then goes off to its next delivery.
- D-Coder 9y agoOr the van has a minimum-wage person with no driving skills who just has to be able to find the right package and say, "Here you go! Thank you for using Zap Delivery!"
- devdoomari 9y ago+1 Korea is experimenting with delivery-box-in-convenient-stores and automated-delivery-box-attached-to-front-door/apartment-complex. this is easily automatable.