The Impact of Autonomous Vehicles on Society

Autonomous vehicles are promised benefits for a lot of folks, but they also seem to be shifting some of the burdens in society. The places where land is going to be cheap and that have access to big roads or high tension power transmission lines will tend to be populated by historically marginalized groups. And unfortunately, as we often find in technology development, the people who are made worse offs are already the peoplewho are some of the worst off in society.