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It is better for those drivers to consider new jobs when there is a small push from a private company. Then there will be enough time for those drivers to adapt to a new environment. Think otherwise a government push for driverless cars. It would happen so quick that all those drivers would struggle until they find a new income.

Exactly. And that is something we human beings adapt to without noticing it. Telephone operators, newspaper boys, lumberjacks, meter readers have all disapeared. There were thousands of people who earned their life with it but eventually switched to new careers.

This will happen sooner or later and for sure there will be companies and individuals that will be affected by the change, but that is not enough reason to stop the development. And this is not Uber specific topic either. If not Uber, some other company will one day work on this.

This is the only way i can see Uber can survive in the future.

Its business model was sacrificing someone's income in the middle to be cheaper than ordinary taxis. But with self driving cars, they can minimize the costs without hurting anyone.

Really really smart and huge move at the same time. Whoever pushed this idea in the company deserves a huge credit.