Bye Bye Taxi Jobs - GM: Large Scale Fleet of Self Driving Taxi's By 2019 (middle east, companies)

[Oklazona Bound]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-carefu...001531700.html

GM executives have said they planned to introduce a large-scale fleet of self-driving taxis by 2019, a time frame some analysts consider ambitious.

I assumed this transition would happen within a decade. But within a year? Amazing how fast technology is advancing.

[T-310]

What will the middle eastern immigrants do?

[Neuling]

That's not a good development. That whole productivity mania is turning managers into economic fascists that don't give a damn about society.
And as usual it will be the jobs of less educated people that will disappear first. What are those supposed to do? Commit suicide just because they don't have a college degree and the economy would not miss them if they were gone?

[phma]

Originally Posted by T-310

What will the middle eastern immigrants do?

Car repair !!! or work at the DMV

[Oklazona Bound]

Originally Posted by T-310

What will the middle eastern immigrants do?

Perhaps the get a loan and buy a self driving car and make their money as a business owner. Best to think like an entrepreneur instead of a victim.

[cjseliga]

Originally Posted by jackwinkelman

I assumed this transition would happen within a decade. But within a year? Amazing how fast technology is advancing.

You should go hop over into the Automotive Forum and read all the self-driving threads and see that a vast majority of posters don't believe self driving will be thing for at least another 20 years, if not longer.

[Oklazona Bound]

Originally Posted by phma

Car repair !!! or work at the DMV

7-11 with all the ICE raids probably has more openings.

[Oklazona Bound]

Originally Posted by cjseliga

You should go hop over into the Automotive Forum and read all the self-driving threads and see that a vast majority of posters don't believe self driving will be thing for at least another 20 years, if not longer.

Good for them. I have read the cotton gin analogies.

GM, Uber and lots of other businesses with skin in the game seem to believe its going to happen much sooner.

[skeddy]

maybe this will spur people that have developed no skills to find some.

[cjseliga]

Originally Posted by jackwinkelman

Good for them. I have read the cotton gin analogies.

GM, Uber and lots of other businesses with skin in the game seem to believe its going to happen much sooner.

Just because all those companies have put money into the technology, doesn't mean it still won't be another 20 years before it becomes "mainstream".