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But trucking does require a decent amount of human intelligence and interaction, for now. (My dad is a trucker. He’s 50+, it won’t matter to him if his job gets
by HorizonXP 7y ago
But trucking does require a decent amount of human intelligence and interaction, for now. (My dad is a trucker. He’s 50+, it won’t matter to him if his job gets automated.)
About the only place that self-driving trucks can do decently is long-haul highway travel, and that’s probably the place where it’s most needed. Any type of intra-city travel, and low-speed maneuvering requires a lot of I/O and responding to a wide variety of conditions. I’m not saying it can’t be done. I’m saying that the work involved in automating that may not be worth the effort compared to paying a trucker.
- mandelbrotwurst 7y agoWow, your dad is in an unusually good financial situation if at the age of 50 it "won't matter to him if his job gets automated".
- kccqzy 7y agoTruckers earn a lot. Especially owner-operators. Much more than you might assume. If he had been a trucker for most of his life, I would assume he probably had enough savings for early retirement.
- dsfyu404ed 7y agoHis job isn't getting automated tomorrow or even in the next 5yr and there are very, very few 50yo truckers that are dragging a dry van around the interstates (the first job to be automated)
- HorizonXP 7y agoThe opposite really, but he has poor health, and will probably rely on me to support him. Plus, the comment below mentions what I was thinking: by the time automation happens, he won't be trucking anymore.