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Driverless Trucks Are Coming and Unions Aren’t Happy About It
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 Feb. 27, 2025 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | Robotaxi companies like Waymo get a lot of attention, but economically speaking, trucking is far more important. The trucking industry had revenues of almost $1 trillion in 2023, an order of magnitude larger than the $80 billion consumers spent on taxis and ride hailing apps that year. But so far no one has managed to operate driverless trucks at freeway speeds. The startup Aurora is aiming to be the first. There’s a good chance that Aurora will have fully driverless semi trucks traveling between Dallas and Houston in the coming months. Labor unions aren’t happy about this. During the last two legislative sessions, the Teamsters and other labor groups convinced the California legislature to pass bills effectively banning driverless trucks from the state’s highways… Understanding AI
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