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Robots have won - and the implications for humanity

Uber Says Waymo Robotaxis Outperform 99% of Human Drivers in Productivity Push

Robots have won: “In both cases [Waymo autonomous vehicles and human drivers], the average Waymo is busier than 99% of our drivers in terms of completed trips per day,” Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi told investors during the company’s earnings call on Wednesday.

When Wall Street hears that, do you think Uber drivers have any left strikes ahead of them? Good People, flood the market with autonomous vehicles and create more digits in bank accounts of Uber, Waymo and investors.

Yet, Uber's driverless model may disintermediate human drivers, but it must not relax because Tesla is coming, and Google's Waymo can receive a revelation in 5 years to go B2C. Suddenly, Uber could be rattled.

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As we are seeing in the New York mayoral election, the next US president may include a mandate on "universal wage" as these robots and AI dislocate humans from means of livelihood.