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CK_John

(10,005 posts)
Wed Dec 14, 2016, 01:13 PM Dec 2016

Uber takes San Francisco, Amazon does it in London, that is

Uber's self-driving cars are making the move to San Francisco, in a new expansion of its pilot project with autonomous vehicles that will see Volvo SUVs outfitted with sensors and supercomputers begin picking up passengers in the city.

Meanwhile in London..
Amazon.com Inc. said Wednesday it made its first customer delivery by drone, putting the online retailer in the lead to use drones as a new delivery method.

How are we going to deal with the lost jobs if we don't even believe it's a problem?



Read More:

http://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-conducts-first-commercial-drone-delivery-1481725956

https://techcrunch.com/2016/12/14/ubers-self-driving-cars-start-picking-up-passengers-in-san-francisco/


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Uber takes San Francisco, Amazon does it in London, that is (Original Post) CK_John Dec 2016 OP
The problem is that these systems are inevitable Renew Deal Dec 2016 #1
Except when they amount to 50% of the population, that's a problem. CK_John Dec 2016 #2

Renew Deal

(81,855 posts)
1. The problem is that these systems are inevitable
Wed Dec 14, 2016, 01:17 PM
Dec 2016

And these are such low earning/low qualification jobs that they are tough to replace.

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