Sell You On A Slow Kill - An Autonomous Truck system roundtable and intel update.
About this episode
This episode features a roundtable discussion on the implications of replacing truckers with autonomous systems, highlighting safety concerns and political dynamics.
The Voice Of GO(r)D is happy to bring you a new roundtable discussion on the ongoing project of replacing America’s truckers with robots, a subject my podcast has investigated frequently since it’s inception. This episode touches on many areas, including the narrative spin on safety failures of numerous types and models of this technology, the naivety (or complicity) of politicians in various proposed legislation which would remove public oversight of their deployment on our roads, opportunities within the interregnum between now and when the flip gets switched on human truckers, and the seeming thin skin of at least one major motor carrier who are not pleased about drivers criticizing them in public. My guests brought a great deal to bear for this information thick presentation. Returning guilty parties include James Year, who has now been on this podcast at least half a dozen times, is behind the ongoing research project Stealing Fire which he started while at Syracuse University, and was the host of this super viral mini-documentary from More Perfect Union last year - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQrQrOPmszE Paulette Nobles is a trucker and former employee of Hirschbach…
People in this episode
Host: Gord Magill
Guests: James Year, Paulette Nobles, Mitchell Riesgraf
Topics covered
- autonomous trucks
- safety failures
- political legislation
- public oversight
- trucker replacement
- industry criticism
Keywords
- autonomous trucks
- safety
- politics
- trucking industry
- public oversight
- technology
- legislation
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Hirschbach Transportation, More Perfect Union
Books & works: Stealing Fire
Places: Syracuse University
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