alt Hacker NewsBut, as a whole, the entire population's pay goes a lot farther since no one has to pay drivers to drive them around anymore.
Living standards would be a lot worse today if we still had to pick crops in the field by hand.
But, as a whole, the entire population's pay goes a lot farther since no one has to pay drivers to drive them around anymore.
Living standards would be a lot worse today if we still had to pick crops in the field by hand.
> But, as a whole, the entire population's pay goes a lot farther since no one has to pay drivers to drive them around anymore
They still have to pay the Waymo though, it didn't become free. :/
You're kidding yourself if you think autonomous taxis will be cheaper in the long run just because they don't pay a driver.
They will outcompete human drivers on cost and once they are dominant they will raise prices. This has happened every other time human labor was replaced too. It is practically the Silicon Valley playbook.