self-driving trucks

2 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Nov 21, 2016 by Matt Ocko · across every show →

Everything said about self-driving trucks, oldest first

Nov 21, 2016 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Ocko: Self-driving trucks could displace 4 million US workers
“So with self-driving trucks, they're you're talking about potentially vastly reducing, if not completely disemploying, I guess to coin a term, three or four million of the last non-college educated middle class people in the United States, and quite a large si…”
Matt Ocko Nov 21, 2016 ▶ 5:37 20VC: Data Collective's Matt Ocko on The Dark Side Of AI & What Happens When 3-4m People Become Unemployed Overnight
Oct 16, 2017 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
VanDevender: Autonomous trucks will improve delivery but erode rural wealth distribution
“So if you replace the trucks with self-driving trucks, you end up with a much better goods distribution system, which is positive, but the trucking system is a much worse wealth distribution system.”
Aaron VanDevender Oct 16, 2017 ▶ 17:54 20VC: Founders Fund's Chief Scientist on Why AI Is Mostly A Scam, Why The Value of Large Datasets Is Mostly Overplayed & The Societal Effects of 4m Truck Drivers Being Unemployed with Aaron Vandevender
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