It was a tit for tat — of sorts.
On Nov. 12, autonomous trucking startup Ike released a study showing that automating long-haul trucking would lead to an increase in short-haul trucking jobs.
Two days later, on Nov. 14, Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang, known best for promoting the concept of a universal basic income, wrote an op-ed in The New York Times titled "Yes, Robots Are Stealing Your Job.""Self-driving trucks will be great for the GDP," Yang wrote. "They’ll be terrible for millions of truck drivers."Yang’s campaign turned down a FreightWaves’ request for an interview.But his national press secretary, S.Y. […]
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