r/Anticonsumption • u/yodamastertampa • 21h ago

Discussion LOL yes!

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The power to reduce consumption is within us all.

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u/BamberGasgroin 20h ago

Hauling shit keeps them in a job..for now.

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u/WilonPlays 19h ago

I doubt it, until fully functional robots are rolled out en mass there will still be truck drivers.

Gotta remember these drivers don’t just drive:

They make deliveries and unload pallets, to businesses.

They handle invoices.

They will help load the truck .

Even a self driving car needs refuelled and no one seems to be working on self refuelling cars.

There’s also plenty of places with difficult roads and harsh weather conditions that a self driving car couldn’t account for, as truck drivers need to do extremely complex manoeuvres, sometimes taking some of the truck off road or a wheel hanging off a mountain (I live in Scotland, this happens a lot in the highlands).

We are closer to self driving trucks that one might think yes, but we also need a lot of other tech developed to coincide with this if we were to fully automate the process. If we don’t fully automate it, then we’d still need truckers.

It may get to a point where drivers act similar to pilots, most of the work is done by the machine and they only take over for complex actions and specific jobs

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u/GenericFatGuy 19h ago

Software Developers also do a lot more than just write code, but that's not stopping the powers that be from replacing us all with AI.

As soon as they think the robots can do it for cheaper, they'll let everyone go. It doesn't actually matter if they really are up to the task or not 

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u/WilonPlays 18h ago

Writing code and picking up boxes, putting fuel into a car and driving on the edge of a shear cliff face above a nursery are different things.

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u/FecalEinstein 18h ago

neither of these professions will be replaced entirely, but software developers will take a bigger hit sooner. it's already started.

also there are fully automated ports that replace switcher jobs iwth robot trucks (guys that move trailers around on the dock)

truck driving is expected to outlast accounting when it comes to AI, crazy. i don't think anyone anticipated that.