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zippythepinhead

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3. Savings for whom?

Reply to Johnathan146 (Reply #2)

Sun Dec 25, 2016, 07:32 AM

Dec 2016

robots don't buy hamburgers.

What about the truck drivers?

Truck driving is one of the last industry offering half ass living wages for the underclass.

This would be a death blow to them like mechanization of coal mining in WV.

This is like a parasite eating it's host and then dying of starvation.

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I was behind the wheel when a self-driving Uber failed here's what happens [View all] FrodosNewPet Dec 2016 OP

If uber needs a driver to help navigate zippythepinhead Dec 2016 #1

Its research for self driving cars Johnathan146 Dec 2016 #2

Savings for whom? zippythepinhead Dec 2016 #3

Progress is always hard but worth it. We liberals should embrace progress yeoman6987 Dec 2016 #4

New inventions have replaced jobs for 1000s of years. No stopping progress and we should not stop it USALiberal Dec 2016 #5

Not until the machines take over zippythepinhead Dec 2016 #7

Self-driving cars and human-driven cars should not be allowed on the same roads ... eppur_se_muova Dec 2016 #6