Autonomous vehicle (AV) startups have raised tens of billions of dollars based on promises to develop truly self-driving cars, but industry executives and experts say remote human supervisors may be needed permanently to help robot drivers in trouble.
They're going to have call center-like buildings filled with thousands of barely-paid drivers, remotely controlling other people's cars like a video game.
A chauffer gig economy.
They would be outsourced to the third world and there would be regular accidents due to internet lag.