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>> to investigate what the advantages of autonomous transport can be and what employees think of it. Lets not kid ourselves. The only real "advantage" would h
by sandworm101 3y ago
>> to investigate what the advantages of autonomous transport can be and what employees think of it.
Lets not kid ourselves. The only real "advantage" would have been one less driver earning a paycheck.
I've been on the airside passenger busses at Schipol. They move faster than the average bus. I cannot see this tiny thing ever competing with those pro drivers.
- flemhans 3y agoAvailability outside hours where it's not currently feasible to have a driver. Immunity to strikes, illness, and all those pesky complexities with meat and flesh
- ok_dad 3y agoComplex human flesh is the point of all this stuff we make and do, maybe we shouldn’t put all that meat out of a job for no good economic reason? Busses, trains, ships, etc don’t need to be automated, one or a few professional humans can operate those cheaper and safer than an advanced AI system.
- flemhans 3y agoJust seems like a stupid thing for those humans to have to do, unless they really like driving out of leisure
- mschuster91 3y ago> Lets not kid ourselves. The only real "advantage" would have been one less driver earning a paycheck. Given that all modern, developed countries have to fight with a population decrease, this is actually a good thing. We have to prepare for a future where there will be barely anyone left to do relatively low-skill jobs, and the earlier we begin to automate them, the better - otherwise, we'll be in quite the bind in a decade or two, once the last boomers that work high into their 80s just to survive are finally dead.
- SoftTalker 3y agoYes they are among the fastest buses I've ever been on. They drive like they are on a race track.
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