Uber's Goal: Replace 1 Million Human Drivers With Robot Drivers ASAP

Uber's long-term business model is quite simple: Replace human drivers with a fleet of autonomous cars. Many have speculated this would be done, so Uber doesn't have to participate in any revenue-sharing agreement with its contracted drivers.

The concept may seem far fetched or too futuristic for many to understand, but Uber's fleet of self-driving cars is actually here.

The Volvo will make use of dozens of sensors, cameras, lasers, radar and GPS receivers to fully function as an autonomous vehicle.

The Washington Post's Steven Pearlstein commented in an op-ed this week that humans shouldn't worry of the coming revolution when jobs, such as Uber drivers, will be fully replaced with robots and autonomous technologies.

According to Pearlstein, the coming robot revolution will create lots of new jobs for people tasked with actually designed the millions upon millions of new robots. In addition, companies will choose to use robots to improve the quality and lower the cost of products, which will also produce higher returns for shareholders and everyday investors.

Naturally, there will be many who may be permanently out of a job thanks to robots. These people need to "have the willingness and wherewithal to find new opportunities, learn new skills, move to new cities," the article concluded.

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