> The automation aspect in economy has been way overestimated - truck drivers were supposed to be automated 5 years ago, meanwhile we are facing real world issu

> The automation aspect in economy has been way overestimated - truck drivers were supposed to be automated 5 years ago, meanwhile we are facing real world issues because of truck driver shortages. I wonder how much of that shortage is due to over-hyped predictions about future automation? The predictions don't pan out but succeed at discouraging people from joining the profession. > Even jobs that were considered trivial to automate like cashers are still performed by humans - after decades of self checkout tech. Self-checkout is not actually automation. It's just outsourcing the job of cashier to a customer who then works for free.