Oxford University’s driverless car guru wouldn’t trust his kids in one…yet

Oxford University’s driverless car guru wouldn’t trust his kids in one…yet
The University of Oxford’s driverless car guru Paul Newman has admitted that he wouldn’t trust his kids in an autonomous vehicle yet, but remains bullish about a near-future where we wonder why we ever drove ourselves. Newman, speaking at the recording of ‘The Engineers: The Rise of the Robots’ a BBC Worldwide production hosted at London’s Science Museum, is Professor... Read More

Driverless cars and an automated future are a big problem for unskilled youth

Driverless cars and an automated future are a big problem for unskilled youth
In the United States there are around 3.5 million truck drivers, and when you combine that with all the cab and ride-sharing employees, that number creeps closer to 4 million, which is just over 1% of the country’s population.  Meanwhile in the UK there are 600,000 truck drivers, over 200,000 cab drivers, and we haven’t even gotten into more niche... Read More