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I always think of automated (driverless or semi-driverless) trucking when I see these AI stats. That's one of the most blue collar fields one can break into with little or no knowledge, college education, etc. But it's also a very simple job that an AI can no doubt learn to do, and eventually do better since it won't ever be tired, stressed, or distracted.
People who bring up safety concerns 1) aren't being realistic about the profit motive tbh and 2) aren't being realistic that most highways are relatively low traffic and in high traffic/urban areas, the trucks could be driven by a human for a little while ("final mile" type stuff). In a rural area, an AI in most situations where a human being in another vehicle/pedestrian/etc would be hurt could simply drive their a truck off a cliff or whatever. They aren't worried about (their own) injuries like a trucker would be in the same scenarios, IE plowing through 7 cars because they lost control on a downslope in bad weather.
Lawsuits also lose alot of their power when a human isn't involved, so some of that lost cargo with AI could simply be covered by less legal fees (JM layman's O on this one ofc).
