The future of trucking? Self driving trucks?

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by Still undecided, Nov 24, 2025.

  1. Lennythedriver

    Lennythedriver Road Train Member

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    When it reaches 55% over a decade and then 90% in the decade after that, you’ll think differently. THIS AINT, the same scenario. Not even close. We had progress that could evolve to replace certain aspects of what a human could do. NEVER replace anything a human can do and do it better, faster and for almost free. The intelligence and robotics will be superior to humans in every way, (minus having a soul you could argue) this isn’t the invention of a motorized car. This is the creation and ever evolving process of replacing all that we are.
     
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  3. wulfman75

    wulfman75 Road Train Member

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    Wont reach that number in a decade. When I was a kid it was supposed to be the jetsons 20 years ago. Not even close. It will happen eventually but not in my lifetime or at least my working lifetime.
     
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  4. Lennythedriver

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    I don’t know if it’ll reach 55% in a decade that’s what they’re saying. I just invite people to dive deep into this subject and really research. What’s on the horizon before they comment. Because I used to think just like you, I don’t anymore because I’ve actually researched it and I find it quite interesting. What that percentage actually ends up being I don’t know anymore than the man on the moon, but I will tell you this. It’s already happening. Amazon, for example all of their new warehouses are being designed and built for complete automation while many of their existing facilities are being transformed. Some of these facilities won’t require a single worker. And keep in mind. This is just the beginning phase. The experts already know how all of this is going to play out psychologically…When the realization that millions and millions of peoples jobs are being taken, there will be a pushback. It will be pretty significant, and it will slow things down for a while. People protest, they will rebel, They may even act out violently against AI and robots and things of this nature. Then they anticipate there will be an acceptance phase, and that acceptance will be based on the idea of “look how much less you have to do, how much is being done for you, how much your life can improve? You’re going to live longer you’re going to be healthier, you don’t have to stress and work as much And everything that you could possibly want is that your disposal and it’s dirt cheap” life will become easier on this planet as a result overall and live longer lives. Purpose will shift and people will begin to accept the changes. I don’t know what life looks like in 20 years from now, but I know one thing for #### sure it’s going to be very different than it is now. That’s absolutely a given.
     
  5. Accidental Trucker

    Accidental Trucker Road Train Member

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    It’s not going to be that fast. We lost more than half of the manufacturing in this country over a span of 20 years, and the majority of the country never felt it.

    150 years ago more than 80% of the work force made their living in agriculture. We’re at 2% today. We’ve transformed before.

    Yes, there will be a transition into AI and robotics, but it took more than 30 years before a relatively simple transformational technology like the personal computer to significantly change the work force.

    I wouldn’t want to be a doctor or a lawyer today, but rebuilding the transportation industry from the ground up is going to take some time.
     
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  6. Still undecided

    Still undecided Heavy Load Member

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    I still remember one of my professors laying out 2 different scenarios back in 1979, a year before I took a computer class that required us to use punch cards to run the programs we wrote. The first scenario was where technology was going to make things better for everyone; we'd work less, have a better standard of living and many would be freed from the dangerous drudgery that made up their worklife. The other scenario was that technology was going to eliminate many jobs and that those displaced employees were going to be in their own to find a way to survive if they didn't qualify for welfare or disability.
     
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