Self -driving trucks in America threaten drivers with the loss of their jobs

For decades, automatic devices are working to reshape life around us, especially in factories, where the worker in the automotive and TVs, and huge consumption warehouses, and the development of the matter as these devices have become welding the turbines used in jet engines.

As artificial intelligence advances, these machines are preparing to invade the workplaces that were one day immune to automation.A study conducted by Oxford University in 2013 revealed that 47% of jobs in the United States have become at risk of automated operation, based on the development of the capabilities of artificial intelligence and the existing robots..

Machine conquest

وسائل النقل هي أحد المجالات الرئيسة التي بدأت تشهد Machine conquest.For this reason, truck drivers show their fear in particular that the possibility of self -driving cars, which soon starts in the streets of the country.Despite all this uproar around automatic cars, trucks may start automatically from the transportation of goods along highways, without a driver in the cockpit..Self -driving on highways is more clear and safe than driving in crowded cities, which cannot be predicted by what is happening in its streets, and this new technology carries a promise to reduce fuel costs, increase productivity and improve safety..

Reality

النقل بالشاحنات الآلية أصبح Reality في المناجم النائية ومخيمات قطع الأشجار، وقد بنى الجيش الأميركي شاحنات آلية خاصة لنشر القوات في مناطق الحرب.Finally, Volvo revealed a preliminary model of a self -driving electric truck that does not even contain a driver's cabin.

The first step

On a bright day, the driver took a bronik died his truck, and took it out of the situation.The information is sent to a computer behind a bronze seat, connected to an operating base in the Jasonville area, Florida, 300 miles away.The owner of Starsky Robotics, Stephen Seltz Akdar, is a small robot company in which he works, sitting at the back.The two were about to start experimental automated operation of this truck, which weighs 16 tons, and they are working to control its path..After 10 minutes, he appeared clearly on the screen in front of them the time when they would start driving the car automatically.Bronnic moved a small red tweezer the size of the hazelnut on the front panel, occupied a key, and smiled, saying: "We started, it's work.".Bronic raised his hands from the wheel, which has been heading right and left, to correct the truck's path, as the driver does actually do.The fuel pedal below remained working alone, rising up at times..And another down.

A while ago, I asked Akkal himself a question: “What if you could drive the truck from a distance?” Is this not a better way to operate a large fleet of trucks?It was the beginning of a business plan that Stersky Robotics has resulted in, which has been able to collect - since then - more than 20 million dollars, to develop the initial model of automatic trucks..

Legitimacy

While this represents a progress for many people, others are concerned about the loss of jobs on the horizon.The businessman and author of a book on automation, Andrew Yang, says artificial intelligence can replace millions of people with skilled in industries, from fast food to retail sale..There is no immune job against him, even in the areas of white collars, such as accounting, insurance and pharmacy."People talk about this as if it is not real, and they believe that if it happens, it will happen in the future, but we are in the midst of this experience," Yang adds..

A rewarding profession

The profession of truck driving, in most American states, is the most common profession, with more than two million people who drive heavy and trailer trucks..Truck drivers, who travel long distances, occupy a prominent place in popular culture - the romantic legend of the open road - with all its freedom and dumping..After all, workers in this industry get more good returns than any other working class, and they can travel on that freely across the country in strong machines, and determine their working hours themselves.The truck driver achieves an average income of 42 thousand dollars per year, above the average national wage.Some truck drivers earn more, as parcel companies and private companies, such as "Wall Mart", pay their drivers from 60 to 70 thousand dollars per year, in addition to some advantages.

A limited role for the driver

While Akdisal's goal remained to develop trucks traveling without a driver, and can transport goods on highways, he still sees a role for drivers, who will deal with some cases in difficult roads, similar to the captain of the ship that directs the carrier in the port, then returns to the house for his families.Starsky Robotics uses a "remote operations" station in Plantichen, Florida, so that drivers can drive their trucks remotely, a technology that can be used in the future to operate robotic trucks, operate on highways, and link distribution centers.

Obstacles

Safety is the main reason behind the desire to move from the manual leadership of the automatic leadership.In 2016, more than 4,300 people died in accidents that included large trucks, an increase of 28% over 2009.Almost all road accidents are caused by a human error.However, the safety, legal responsibility and public concerns about self -driving make many people skeptical about the automation that will be imminent in trucks or other transportation areas.Even if the owner of Starsky Robotics, Stephen Silz Akdal, is right that the automatic trucks are the future, there are many obstacles that cannot be discovered immediateImporting trucks are the lowest warmest and overcrowded states across the south and west.

Also.There is a suggestion that there is a driver alternating with self -driving systems, so that he sleeps in the back on the long highway extensions and works at night instead of the automatic system.

Fear of everything new

A report, issued by the International Transport Forum last year, believes that the trucks without a driver may reduce the demand for drivers in Europe and the United States by half, by 2030..Another White House report, in 2016, says that the automatic truck operation can change or eliminate jobs for drivers, working on 3.1 million cars, trucks and bus.

For decades, technical progress has achieved unimaginable levels of wealth and material progress, starting from automatic agriculture to automation of factories and cloud computing..This progress has changed the pace of professions that can, now, do a better or cheaper shape.

Optimists refer to the transformation that occurred more than a century ago in the United States, where people were practicing agriculture at that time, then they moved to production and industrial services.Those who were practicing the profession of agriculture were compensated with new fees.

And the businessman and author of a book on automation, Andrew Yang, who is seeking to obtain the nomination of the Democratic Party for the presidency in 2020, argues that society is simply ready to quickly eliminate manual jobs.This includes millions of truck drivers, who are afraid of not finding new jobs with decent wages, due to their lack of skills and education, especially when automation operations are applied to retail industries, and other services sectors.

Artificial intelligence can replace millions of semi -skilled people in industries..From fast food to retail.

- Self -driving on highways is more clear and safe than driving in crowded cities that cannot be predicted in its streets, and this new technology carries a promise to reduce fuel costs, increase productivity and improve safety..

- A study conducted by Oxford University in 2013 revealed that 47% of jobs in the United States have become at risk of automated operation, based on the development of the capabilities of artificial intelligence and the existing robots..

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