"Both moves point toward the same future: one where the very workers who built the gig economy may soon find themselves training the technology that replaces them. Uber's new program allows drivers to earn cash by completing microtasks, such as taking photos and uploading audio clips, that aim to improve the company's AI systems. For drivers, it's a way to diversify income. For Uber, it's a way to accelerate its automated future."
"There's an irony here. By helping Uber strengthen its AI, drivers could be accelerating the very driverless world they fear. Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi has said human drivers won't vanish overnight. Still, he has warned that the eventual decline of driving jobs poses a significant societal challenge to the gig economy. Uber already offers autonomous rides in Waymo vehicles in Atlanta and Austin, and plans to expand."
The gig economy is undergoing a reckoning as platforms deploy automation and AI. Uber introduced a program paying drivers for microtasks like photos and audio to train its AI. Drivers use microtasks to diversify income while helping accelerate automation. Waymo partnered with DoorDash to pilot driverless grocery and meal deliveries, launching in Phoenix with DashMart stores as initial retailers. Uber already offers autonomous rides in Waymo vehicles in Atlanta and Austin and plans further expansion. Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi warned that the decline of driving jobs presents a significant societal challenge. The shift may lead workers who built the gig economy to train technologies that replace them.
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