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Id like to see the same study done to taxi drivers. I suspect the situation is no better if you look at their return on invested time and money. The concern yo
by verelo 9y ago
Id like to see the same study done to taxi drivers. I suspect the situation is no better if you look at their return on invested time and money.
The concern you suspected is the same one I suspected too. In 2015 i did some uber driving for "fun". I quickly realized that it was just a way to extract the net worth of a car, from the car, without selling it. When you think of it that way, i see some significant utility...however Uber doesn't position it to drivers as "get the money stuck in your car, out of your car!" instead they say "earn cash" and stuff like that.
- CoryG89 9y agoIt would be interesting to see it done with taxi drivers, but they don't typically own the cars they drive, do they? I would have imagined they were all at least making minimum wage after all is said and done.
- verelo 9y agoThey’re a super exploited group, often new immigrants too. Many times they “rent” the car, paying a daily fee for the seat, and then get to collect all the income for the day. Many times it means working 7-8 hours before making any returns of their own. It’s your typical “work for yourself” type scam, when really you’re an employee with no acknowledged rights. I have no love of uber or the taxi industry, i guess i just don’t see one as better than the other, and it’s hard to say either is worse. I suspect it is the way it is because consumers don’t want to pay what it would take to really give the drivers minimum wage. I dare say this is an indication that it’s a realistic primary target for early AI automation.