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> On the other hand, I think long haul trucking will be one of, if not the first job to be 100% replaced by self-driving vehicles. I doubt it, trains and airpl
by heavyset_go 5y ago
> On the other hand, I think long haul trucking will be one of, if not the first job to be 100% replaced by self-driving vehicles.
I doubt it, trains and airplanes are as close to automated shipping as we're going to get for a while. Self-driving systems aren't anywhere near ready for personal transportation, and commercial shipping via automated trucks introduces even more complexity and liability.
I suspect that driving on tracks that aren't purpose-built for automated transportation requires levels of general human-like intelligence that we aren't even close to reaching with current approaches and tech.
- rrrrrrrrrrrryan 5y agoYeah, once self-driving tech gets convincingly good enough, I suspect we'll see the left lane of highways be self-driving-only for certain hours in the middle of the night. You could charge the self-driving trucks a hefty tax as they pass through your flyover state, and raise the speed limit for them in return. Empty highways are just underutilized bandwidth.
- Ekaros 5y agoI wonder if speeds might not even go lower in case of automated trucks. Just to save on fuel. That is for not time critical cargo. It is already something that happened with shipping.