Comment by xorcist
7 months ago
They are self driving the same way a tram or subway can be self driving. They traffic a tightly bounded designated area. They're not competing with human drivers. Still a marvel of human engineering, just quite expensive compared with other forms of public transport. It just doesn't compete in the same space and likely never will.
They are literally competing with human uber drivers in the area they operate and also having a much lower crash and injury rate.
I admit they don't operate everywhere - only certain routes. Still they are undoubtedly cars that drive themselves.
I imagine it'll be the same with AGI. We'll have robots / AIs that are much smarter than the average human and people will be saying they don't count because humans win X Factor or something.
Self-driving vehicles can only exist in cities of extreme wealth like SF. Try running them in Philadelphia and see what happens.
How are they competing, if their routes are limited?
The cotton gin processed short fiber cotton, but not long fiber cotton.
Did the cotton gin therefore not compete with human labor?