Was just watching a Daily Dose of Internet and saw a self-driving cargo truck that was "just authorized by the US government to operate on roads".
https://youtu.be/nprJ2c_HdRc?t=40
I always thought these self-driving trucks were bad because they destroy jobs and are likely dangerous.
My first thought when I saw this in the video was, "There's no way people will accept the dangers of this and the jobs it destroys".
But there's been the supply chain problems that would make self-driving trucks more palatable to people, accepting it as the lesser of 2 evils.
Which might just be the entire reason behind the supply chain crisis in the first place, to create justification for self-driving cargo vehicles?
If delivery went from 6-8 weeks down to 24-26 weeks, then by my math 3/4ths of the truckers have been made obsolete.
Which fits into the theme of making room for self-driving cargo trucks.
When the supply chain is fixed, self-driving trucks may very well be called in to replace the 3/4ths of truckers who won't be called back and have moved on to other jobs.