Pope: Driving is the largest U.S. profession and will be automated away
Carl Pope · a16z Podcast | Cars and Cities, the Autonomy Edition · Jan 2, 2019 · at 33:06
Carl Pope, former executive director of the Sierra Club, discusses massive job displacement driven by autonomous vehicles.
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“We're going to lose the largest profession in the United States, which is driver.”
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