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That until pirates start attacking their unmanned fleets, then they’d have to hire people to keep an eye on them.
by tartoran 6y ago
That until pirates start attacking their unmanned fleets, then they’d have to hire people to keep an eye on them.
- toyg 6y agoThere is a scifi novel or two still to write, in that sentence.
- kbos87 6y agoI’m more imagining roving bands of laid off truck drivers stopping the autonomous truck, robbing it, and setting it on fire.
- eigenket 6y agoThis is pretty much where we get the word "Luddite" from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite
- tartoran 6y agoThey could band together as pirates as their alternatives for employment become null. That or becoming digital servants doing shopping and other erands for the well to do for peanuts.
- JoeAltmaier 6y agoHey you can attack a manned fleet right now. The driver isn't risking their life for a load. Not happening much. Why is that do we think?
- TheOtherHobbes 6y agoI distantly know some people who work in logistics, and they tell me this already happens more often than you might expect. Example: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-54972784 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-5497278...
- XorNot 6y agoOr you know, just use thermographic imaging on a satellite to dispatch airborne law enforcement as it happens. Why anyone thinks companies would do anything more then keep an eye on their insurance rates, I don't know.