A report by Goldman Sachs estimates that car sales will reach 20% of total sales between 2025 and 2030. The same report claims that job losses could hit 25,000 a month when it peaks.
Those are some scary numbers, mainly if you make a living in an industry likely to be affected by this new technology. The public sentiment reflects this, with a Pew study concluding that public opinion is still very much in the balance.
It’s also not just Silicon Valley startups trying to hype it up as the “next big thing”. Even established industry giants, like Hyundai, are getting in on the action with their recently debuted Smart Cruise Control-Machine Learning technology.
With so much push behind AI, it's clear we are going to live through a time of significant change in the job market. The first step to future-proofing ourselves is to understand who it might affect and what the possible implications might be.
Who will be the hardest hit?
Truck and heavy vehicle drivers
Long-distance truck and heavy vehicle drivers are estimated to take the hardest hit by the coming of autonomous vehicles. Even though these vehicles are harder to drive, the fact that they mostly use highways where navigation is much ...
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