It will be fine
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This is a post about a Mercedes self driving truck. No new info, but if they already work now they'll be in mass use pretty soon.
http://blogs.cisco.com/?p=157122
http://blogs.cisco.com/?p=157122
Drones can't drive the truck, deliver, and pickup. Someone would have to control the vehicle and who would grab the package out of the truckDoubtful.
A friend of mine covers the automotive industry. He covered a technology dealio for the auto industry at MIT. The conclusion amongst the industry that in order for a driverless car to work in the US, they have to be insurable. In order to be insurable, someone or a company is going to have to accept responsibility for them. The experts on the panel felt that that would be the stumbling block for them to work in the US.
He also said that they spoke of all the 'accident avoidance' tech and how that may cause even more accidents in the future. Instead of paying attention to where a driver is going, they will rely on tech to clue them in to a hazard.
Who told you this? I have real doubts about that figure.UPS will need only 1% of its current human workforce by the year 2050.
I don't think it's a question of if rather than when this technology will become legal and safe. Google has been developing this technology for years.
I'm sure they do. But I'm sure in time that will be figured out. In the end it's usually whoever throws the most $ to the politicians that gets the wheels greased.I am just repeating what experts from the auto, insurance and MIT all stated. I am betting that they have a pretty good idea on the state of development too.
Says who? Ups already has the technology to automate some of its workforce in the buildiings and has yet to do that for most of its buildings. I know they have a scanner thing for revenue recovery that was supposed to be installed in the building where i worked at and it would make human revenue auditors obsolete, thus eliminating my job. 10 years later all the same people working revenue recovery.UPS will need only 1% of its current human workforce by the year 2050.
We're not alone. Most blue-collar jobs will go the same route, with the white-collards not far behind.
I don't think we're going to see drones replace humans any time soon but I do think drones will be held over us as a bargaining chip to keep salaries down.
I'm not so sure about that. There are a lot of variables that would have to be considered for me to think automated long haul trucks would be safer than a human.I think automated long haul trucks would be much safer than humans. The problem is the cost will be too high if you still need a human in the truck monitoring the system. If they become industry standard though it could require a more skilled operator which could raise wages. We can always hope.
They won't get tired or road rage. (Stephen King's short "Trucks" notwithstanding)
You'll get arrested and charged with vandalism and reckless conduct with a firearm. The FBI may also be very interested in you on the account of possible theft from interstate shipment (title 18 section 659).What happens when the Amazon drone wakes me up on Saturday morning and I blow it out of the air with a shotgun?
You'll get arrested and charged with vandalism and reckless conduct with a firearm. The FBI may also be very interested in you on the account of possible theft from interstate shipment (title 18 section 659).