Will Automated Trucking Put Me Out Of Work?

It's a meme at the moment. Think more of a cruise control, or auto pilot.

Driving down a road is not hard, a computer can do that easily. All the shit that can and does happen while driving down a road however is very hard to program computers to deal with. Something simple like identifying an empty jug of oil you can crush and identifying a child in a car seat you must not run over is very difficult for computers. 

Emulating the visual cortex of humans and their decision making capability is something that is currently a pipe dream. Ignorant people are jumping on the automation bandwagon right now in an attempt give universal basic income legs when in reality is it just Marxist shit in a new package.

It's not a legitimate concern. At least not for me. I drive fork lift and do spot market. It'll probably be another 5 years or so before truck manufacturers start releasing level 3 autonomous trucks. Driverless level 5 trucks probably won't come out in my lifetime. At least that's not the motive of the engineers I know in Freightliner and Volvo. They aren't trying to replace drivers, they just want safer emissions and driving technology, mostly for subsidies and tax credits. It'll take more than a driverless truck to put a trucker out of behind the wheel. 

Get your CDL at a community college or private schools. Don't fall for company cuck meme. Then go to a flatbed carrier. Save to buy a truck in cash used for ~$30K and start O/O at Mercer. They're good guys.