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It 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 leas
by CoryG89 9y ago
It 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.