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It doesn't happen overnight. I'll go out on a limb here and say that we are only 10 years away from the first completely autonomous delivery trucks. Google is
by ryandvm 16y ago
It doesn't happen overnight. I'll go out on a limb here and say that we are only 10 years away from the first completely autonomous delivery trucks.
Google is already doing this with human co-pilots. Once there is solid statistical data showing that a computer driver is safer and cheaper than a human, the phase-out of the human drivers will be pretty swift. After all, imagine the competitive advantage you'd have if your trucking company can replace a human driver with a computer. One that can drive 24 hours a day while making fewer mistakes. Even if this technology cost half a million dollars (and it won't), doing so would be a no-brainer.
- yummyfajitas 16y agoOnce there is solid statistical data showing that a computer driver is safer and cheaper than a human, the phase-out of the human drivers will be pretty swift I'm not so sure. Solid statistical data won't deter lawyers filing frivolous suits over every accident. "If only Big Faceless Co. didn't employ faceless robots, this sympathetic human might have lived! You should award lots of punitive damages." Not to mention the teamsters would probably have a law against robot drivers passed...