When self-driving seemed like it was just around the corner I was thinking about the impact on jobs for long-haul truckers but this will be much worse once it expands to Walmart, USPS, UPS, etc. Long-haul truckers looks like only 350k jobs. Warehouse is likely 10x this.
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When self-driving seemed like it was just around the corner I was thinking about the impact on jobs for long-haul truckers but this will be much worse once it expands to Walmart, USPS, UPS, etc. Long-haul truckers looks like only 350k jobs. Warehouse is likely 10x this.