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an autonomous helicopter startup doesn't have unions with collective bargaining agreements (contractually obligating them to have at least 1 human operator).
by jakelarkin 8y ago
an autonomous helicopter startup doesn't have unions with collective bargaining agreements (contractually obligating them to have at least 1 human operator).
- jtlienwis 8y agoAnd when then insist you take a helo ride for that cut on your wrist, you will be amazed at the $5,000 bill added onto your hospital bill and hope to god its covered by your plan. And to pay for this everyone will have to use it, say good by to the less expensive ground based EMS. US health care is great at replacing the less expensive stuff for the only slightly better, but vastly more expensive.
- tedsuo 8y agoContracts aside there’s a real issue: the human is there primarily to deal with other humans and all the random issues that pop up (which, as a regular bart rider, I assure you are plentiful). You could shift the model around and maybe have a “station attendant” rather than a “driver,” but it’s an issue that I don’t see addressed in many autonomous conversations. The bus driver doesn’t just drive the bus, they also regulate and deal with all the bullshit happening on and around the bus. Automation-in-public has so many issues beyond it’s closed-course equivalent, where you simply have to drive the vehicle. It will be a much bigger adjustment than just high quality autopilot.