Luckily, Thomas Frey writes a two-page quasi-extension to Alessandri’s article, Frey’s being entitled “Hi, I’m a Robot and I’m Here to Take Your Job.” Be sure not judge this book by its cover, Frey might surprise you. Like Alessandri, Frey agrees that human workers will no longer be needed as drivers in the transportation industry after autonomous vehicles begin to popularize. Frey states that “Driverless cars [...] will replace the need for drivers,” and an extension to Alessandri’s claim, adds on by explaining, “there is never a 100% replacement rate” (Frey). By this, Frey means that not all drivers will be replaced by autonomous vehicles; “The human replacement ratio could, on occasion, be dramatic, pushed as high as 1,000 to 1. But most
