JAD,
well, the other question would be...how would humanity benefit from sitting on its ass NOT collecting a check while robots do all the work? that robots will take over more and more work is inevitable, as the -building- automotive industry found.
very true, yet...a self-driving truck would not be bound by labor laws, nor need to eat, or sleep.
The larger question--whether humanity would benefit from sitting on its ass collecting a check while robots do all the work--appears to be lost on Silicon Valley techies and big business
How, for example, can replacing a truck driver with a self-driving truck be justified inasmuch as the truck will surely cost a lot more and be vulnerable to hacker hijacking.
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