> And of course this is an area where complete automation is on the horizon. The tech exists, it's getting close to ready for large scale deployment and big players are working on it.

That's incorrect. We're really far off still from level 5 self driving cars if you follow developments in that area.

However, the major task in the truck driving job (highway driving) is automatable already. Other ones (urban maneuvering, loading/unloading, etc.) are much harder to automate.

> That said the article goes on to focus on what I think is one of the key points in the automation conversation: wealth inequality.

I'm the author, thanks for echoing my reading on the dynamics.

People focus on an imaginary problem when a very real one is happening underneath our noses.