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Call me a cynic, but I think "fully autonomous street view cars" is an example of programmers writing code to directly and indiscriminantly eliminate someone's job.
Sorry, but I've got to address this. Creating and maintaining jobs should by no means be the primary concerns of industry and our society. The people driving those vehicles could be more productive, probably make more money, and potentially have more fun doing something a computer or autonomous vehicle cannot. The reason people are concerned with "eliminating jobs" is because of the displacement of the people in those jobs. But if those people are willing to take the initiative to find a new role in society, potentially one that won't get replaced by machines because it requires creative thought, initiative, innovation, or other human qualities, they are right in line with the progress oriented industry behind the advancement of fully autonomous street view cars. And as far as I can tell, there are plenty of jobs available that won't be replaced by machines anytime soon, because they require qualities mentioned above, and often a college education.

And maybe it is done to "directly and indiscriminately" eliminate someone's job. But what's wrong with that? They are making their operations more efficient, thus driving down their costs, thus making more or higher quality service available for less. And, the person driving the vehicle is no longer needed for that task and now has the time to do something that will likely pay higher and do more for society. This is how the standard of living goes up.

I don't mean to discount in any way the value of people holding positions to which this may apply. What you do is obviously important, and needs to be done. But wouldn't you rather a machine did it for you so that you could do something else? And defending it as if it's your right won't get us anywhere. The same can be said of the wealthy in defense of some benefits or tax breaks they may be used to receiving (oh, and they get laid off too).

And obviously, it's not like a cakewalk to get up and change the course of your life just like that, so some discretion should be exercised when making the tradeoff between forcing people to relocate (geographically or with respect to their career) and increasing efficiency and output. But change will and must happen at some point.
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