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No it wont, if there is one job that will never be automated, its truck drivers

For fucks sake, they cant even make GPS that works correctly lmao

so you're saying self driving cars is feasible, but self driving trucks is too farfetched

based off what i have you tagged as, it seems like logic isn't your strong suit so that makes sense

No_U_L7 posted...

so you're saying self driving cars is feasible, but self driving trucks is too farfetched

based off what i have you tagged as, it seems like logic isn't your strong suit so that makes sense

Where did he say self-driving cars is feasible?

Euripides posted...

Where did he say self-driving cars is feasible?

they already exist...

No_U_L7 posted...

so you're saying self driving cars is feasible, but self driving trucks is too farfetched

based off what i have you tagged as, it seems like logic isn't your strong suit so that makes sense

Shut the fuck up.

No_U_L7 posted...

they already exist...

Where?

Definitely not in 5 years but i wouldnt count on 'never'

Maybe in 10 years you are a wfh truck driver monitoring a small fleet of mostly self driving trucks tho

Don't they literally have driverless taxis already?

AlBundy33 posted...

For fucks sake, they cant even make GPS that works correctly lmao

For Father's Day lunch, the GPS told me to turn on the other side of the streetlight from where the restaurant was, then told me that I had arrived when I drove through the theater parking lot behind the mall that was behind the restaurant.

Self-driving trucks in five years from now.

No_U_L7 posted...

so you're saying self driving cars is feasible, but self driving trucks is too farfetched

based off what i have you tagged as, it seems like logic isn't your strong suit so that makes sense

Trucks arent cars, even if self driving takes off, theres too many variables with a truck, it all comes down to liability, that one word is why self driving trucks will never happen

Notice how every single company that was working on these self driving trucks has pulled the plug on self driving trucks, or is out of business entirely now

Nah, that'll definitely be greatly affected in the coming years. There will still be need for people for a bit, but I'm pretty sure most self-driving tech is doing super great. Don't take Tesla's failures to mean the technology is failing.

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it won't be because it would cost companies millions of dollars to replace all their trucks and they would still have to have a guy in the truck to monitor and unload it

well it won't any time soon, and certainly not in the next 5 years. most of the US doesn't have the infrastructure to support that kind of change it won't until the conservative morons die so we can progress

I guess it depends on who you drive for and based on what I have everyone itt tagged as, logic wont play any part, so why try to make sense anyway

thronedfire2 posted...

it won't be because it would cost companies millions of dollars to replace all their trucks and they would still have to have a guy in the truck to monitor and unload it

well it won't any time soon, and certainly not in the next 5 years. most of the US doesn't have the infrastructure to support that kind of change it won't until the conservative morons die so we can progress

And they'd save millions on wages. Self driving trucks don't need to be perfect, they just need to be better and cheaper than human drivers, which is perfectly feasible

we already have trains. those are sorta self-driving

Some people dont realize that a truck drivers job is more than simply driving a truck from Point A to Point B and then beeping the horn. Ive seen truck drivers have to get out and shovel snow, do maintenance on their truck, unload stuff, deal with store managers and workers, and theres other stuff that I dont even know about. They also get sadistically drug tested, so I honestly dont think its the profession for me and I completely understand why many people are demanding better work conditions.

A lot of the automation hype is from employers trying to scare the masses into accepting lower wages and shittier work conditions. They had articles about automated burger machines over a decade ago and they kept bringing it up when fast food workers demanded higher wages yet that tech isn't widely deployed to this day and it's a much less tricky problem than self-driving trucks.

The day we get robots stocking the shelves, I'll pat my successor on its cold, metal back and hang up my hat. The way grocery stories are laid out and how they function would have to change fundamentally for robots to be at all feasible.

IceCreamOnStero posted...

And they'd save millions on wages. Self driving trucks don't need to be perfect, they just need to be better and cheaper than human drivers, which is perfectly feasible

you're delusional if you think insurance companies would ever cover self driving trucks that aren't 100% perfect.

and they would still need a guy to unload the orders unless companies are also secretly developing delivery robots

They don't need to make them work perfectly, just well enough that they're paying less for errors then they're paying truck drivers.

1337toothbrush posted...

A lot of the automation hype is from employers trying to scare the masses into accepting lower wages and shittier work conditions. They had articles about automated burger machines over a decade ago and they kept bringing it up when fast food workers demanded higher wages yet that tech isn't widely deployed to this day and it's a much less tricky problem than self-driving trucks.

Automating a fast food restaurant is a pipe dream at best for the CEOs. For those who have never worked in a fast food kitchen, you literally cannot operate without the human element. The best they can do is short staffing, which theyre already doing.

They can make a mechanical arm to drop a basket of fries or nuggets, but how does the arm fill itself up? It cant; a human has to come around and do it, and the arm ultimately shaves off about four seconds of time that it would normally take to drop the basket and press a timer (it simply removes human error).

To fully automate a kitchen, you would actually need a humanoid robot that would walk into the freezer to constantly refill stuff (which is what happens all day at a fast food restaurant). Their best bet is to mostly automate the front of house and keep the kitchen with two workers and a manager. The manager is out front helping people with the order kiosk and expediting orders and the workers are in the safety of the kitchen where they cant be abused by the customers.

We can only hope

Payzmaykr posted...

Automating a fast food restaurant is a pipe dream at best for the CEOs. For those who have never worked in a fast food kitchen, you literally cannot operate without the human element. The best they can do is short staffing, which theyre already doing.

They can make a mechanical arm to drop a basket of fries or nuggets, but how does the arm fill itself up? It cant; a human has to come around and do it, and the arm ultimately shaves off about four seconds of time that it would normally take to drop the basket and press a timer (it simply removes human error).

To fully automate a kitchen, you would actually need a humanoid robot that would walk into the freezer to constantly refill stuff (which is what happens all day at a fast food restaurant). Their best bet is to mostly automate the front of house and keep the kitchen with two workers and a manager. The manager is out front helping people with the order kiosk and expediting orders and the workers are in the safety of the kitchen where they cant be abused by the customers.

yeah people who think "robots could replace entire jobs" don't realize that most businesses in the world couldn't afford multiple millions of dollars to refit every building for automation

The real reason we will never see automated truck drivers is because the idea of a corporation assuming sole liability in the result of an accident will NEVER happen.

xXfireglzXx posted...

The real reason we will never see automated truck drivers is because the idea of a corporation assuming sole liability in the result of an accident will NEVER happen.

Ding Ding Ding! We have a winner!

Not to mention, there are places I have to go where the road says No Trucks, and there are places I have to go where I need a police escort to get out, you think a self driving truck is going to know to call the police?