How Will Artificial Intelligence Change Society?

Today Ford Motor Company announced it would mass-produce driverless cars for companies such as Uber by 2021. Driverless trucks on the roads are already here! In two Australian mines, the megalithic company Rio Tinto already uses forty-five 240-ton self-driving trucks to transport iron ore. Several tests since the first driverless truck was launched on public roads in Nevada in May 2015 have been conducted. For example, in April 2016, a convoy of driverless trucks traveled across Europe to Rotterdam. A novel automated driving technology called platooning allowed the convoy of trucks to be connected by Wi-Fi, sensors, GPS, and cameras. The leading truck set the pace by dictating the speed and direction, whereas those following behind steered, speeded up, and slowed down accordingly.

Recently, companies have started up that offer to retrofit trucks with driverless capabilities. In fact, by 2040, 75% of the traffic will be driverless vehicles. So, what will happen to truck drivers and taxi drivers? The transportation industry is just one of many that will be transformed by artificial intelligence in the near future as androids replace humans in the workplace. Will humans become obsolete?

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