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Devils advocate, what will these people do if/when Uber/Lyft/etc replaces the driver with automation?
by mentos 3y ago
Devils advocate, what will these people do if/when Uber/Lyft/etc replaces the driver with automation?
- flangola7 3y agoThey will probably suffer even more, why?
- Zetice 3y agoI think his argument is that slavery benefits the enslaved, or something like that.
- pessimizer 3y agoHow would my child slaves eat if I released them?
- efields 3y agoomg this place sucks
- sabas123 3y agoThey might move to easy to entry positions where shortages exist though.
- austhrow743 3y agoSo the anti Uber argument is that uber drivers are drooling idiots that are too stupid to act in their best interest?
- cykotic 3y agoPerhaps some day we will live in a society that does not allow exploitation because we can’t think of what those who are exploited would do if not for the exploitation.
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- fckgw 3y agoWhy would they do that? If you automate the drivers then suddenly Uber needs to buy and maintain a fleet of thousands or millions of autonomous vehicles and their costs balloon astronomically. Kiss any profit out the window for another decade at least. The current system is GREAT for Uber. No vehicles to purchase, maintenance is the burden of the driver and you only need to cut off a small slice of your profits for the driver in order to keep the whole thing going. If you need more profits you simply raise rates or lower driver pay.
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- HDThoreaun 3y agoUber can just use idle self driving cars. How many hours a day are you using your car? Most people are at like 2 or 3.
- fckgw 3y agoThose don't exist. No one is taking their self driving car to work and then lending it out to Uber. Not to mention if a company like GM gets their self-driving tech off the ground, why wouldn't they just spin up an app and beat Uber at their game?
- louzell 3y ago> No one is taking their self driving car to work and then lending it out to Uber Sounds like a business opportunity
- crazygringo 3y ago> No one is taking their self driving car to work and then lending it out to Uber. To the contrary, tons of people will be doing that. There's going to be a big group of people who logistically need "their own car" for various reasons (live out in the suburbs, need stuff in a locked trunk, can't risk a delay in getting to work, etc.) but couldn't be happier to make money on it by lending it out as a taxi downtown during business hours. Or when they're traveling for a week, or whenever. Especially when you don't even need to worry about messes/damage because internal cameras will catch and bill whoever was responsible, and the car will drive itself to the nearest garage for cleaning/repair. Just as we now have hotels and AirBNB, I totally foresee different self-driving taxi services that are either fleet-owned or consumer-shared. I can't imagine why this wouldn't happen.