Uber’s announcement later this month that it will be deploying driverless taxis in the United States yesterday puts it firmly on course for a “crash between robots and jobs” according to a report in Boston Consulting Group . The report notes that the American economy is ill-equipped to cope with a system that would automate a job that currently employs more than 30,000 of workers, despite the potential benefits of traffic and accident reduction. The jobs might not disappear completely, of course. While it is clear that most professional drivers’ jobs will not disappear overnight, fears remain that self-driving technology would increase pressure on working-class families that may not have the ability to re-skill.
Uber’s announcement later this month that it will be deploying driverless taxis in the United States yesterday puts it firmly on course for a “crash between robots and jobs” according to a report in Boston Consulting Group . The report notes that the American economy is ill-equipped to cope with a system that would automate a job that currently employs more than 30,000 of workers, despite the potential benefits of traffic and accident reduction. While it is clear that most professional drivers’ jobs will not disappear overnight, fears remain that self-driving technology would increase pressure on working-class families that may not have the ability to re-skill.