New jobs will emerge with transition to autonomous vehicles: Acting Transport Minister

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Good read for whether jobs will be lost as AI takes over humans....

the role of professional drivers may change...(It) may well be you have somebody on board that does different things...noting that this may be to help load luggage, aid elderly passengers in boarding, or lead a tour group

New jobs will also emerge from driverless vehicle operations....programmers, designers, fleet managers and operations control centre staff

help them reskill, to retrain, and to take up other jobs in the economy

self-driving vehicles could help take over late-night shifts and lighten the load on drivers, improving productivity and safety.

On whether autonomous driving will displace workers, Mr Peng framed it as job transformation, noting that large-scale deployment of autonomous vehicles will take decades. “Over that stretch, society will find a way. It is just like every other transformation before this, (like) cars replacing horse carriages