Uber teases new gig opportunities for humans in a world of autonomous cars
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Mobility needs are infinite. One of the stats I use is that in America people take, on average, 1,500 journeys a day. Four times a day you go to or from someplace. Today, rideshare is 2% of those journeys. There are so many opportunities to move people that we haven't even scratched the surface.
Irving confirmed Uber would still remain a platform for flexible work outside of driving. There will be a long period of time where human drivers and autonomous vehicles do trips in tandem.
At TPG, Edwin said her team recently used AI to more nimbly meet regulatory demands by processing a 'massive data set' in five minutes that would have taken a human employee months.
Everybody is grappling with the same question: How do you create something that is sustainable and doesn't freak people out that it's going to replace their jobs?
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