Capital assets (cars) will at some point replace some labor (drivers)
Predictor: Dara Khosrowshahi · ep#243 "Uber vs. Tesla, Robotaxi Timelines, and the End of Human Driving | Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi | #243" · source
Prediction text
Capital assets (cars) will at some point replace some labor (drivers) | you've got these capital assets, these cars, that we're going to augment and then at some point replace some of the labor, uh whether drivers.
Watch events: BLS employment reports; tech layoff trackers; Underemployment rate; Yang quarterly updates
Verbatim quote
you've got these capital assets, these cars, that we're going to augment and then at some point replace some of the labor, uh whether drivers.
Predictor: Dara Khosrowshahi
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Probability over time
Milestone chain
- 2026-10-01 → 2027-03-31pendingUber-Nuro driverless Lucid robotaxi launches in SF Bay AreaHow: Uber publicly launches driverless robotaxi service in SF Bay Area using Nuro autonomy stack on Lucid Gravity SUVsSource: https://www.techtimes.com/articles/315856/20260414/uber-robotaxi-push-self-driving-lucid-suvs-begin-real-world-tests-ahead-2026-launch.htmconf 65%
- 2026-09-01 → 2027-06-30pendingWaymo crosses 1M weekly paid robotaxi ridesHow: Waymo publicly discloses weekly paid robotaxi ride volume crossing 1,000,000 (currently ~500,000/week as of March 2026)Source: https://dnyuz.com/2026/04/30/waymo-alphabets-robotaxi-service-is-growing-fast-heres-how-to-ride-costs-and-the-self-driving-cars-crash-record/conf 70%
- 2026-09-01 → 2028-06-30pendingAV chip-supply bottleneck flagged by Uber/Waymo as scaling constraintHow: Uber or Waymo executive publicly cites NVIDIA AV-chip supply or HBM availability as gating factor for fleet expansionSource: https://www.tweaktown.com/news/111178/tsmc-cant-keep-up-with-ai-chip-demand-with-shortages-projected-to-last-beyond-2027/index.htmlconf 50%
- 2027-01-01 → 2028-12-31pendingUber autonomous fleet target 100,000 vehicles announced for scale-upHow: Uber publicly confirms scaling of global autonomous fleet beginning 2027, targeting 100K vehiclesSource: https://eletric-vehicles.com/uber/ubers-robotaxi-bets-top-10-billion-as-hertz-joins-as-fleet-operator/conf 60%
- 2027-06-01 → 2029-03-31pendingDriver share of revenue compresses on US ride-hail platformsHow: Investor disclosures show >5pp decline in driver-comp share of GTV (currently ~25-30 cents per dollar) attributable to AV mix shiftSource: https://www.bbntimes.com/society/uber-is-building-a-robotaxi-empire-drivers-not-wantedconf 55%
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Evidence chain
Network propagation neighbors
Top incoming (parents)
Edges that influence THIS node's belief
| Kind | Node | Their prob | P(c|s=T) | P(c|s=F) | Δ implied |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| prereq | 231_018 Blitz will switch to next generation model in late March 202 — Dave Blundin | 29.8% | 0.600 | 0.050 | -0.225 |
| prereq | S_AGI_MID_2029 AGI mid: Kurzweil 2029 path | 35.0% | 0.600 | 0.050 | -0.192 |
| killer | TK06 China-Taiwan Military Conflict | 8.0% | 0.050 | 0.600 | +0.121 |
| killer | TK11 Autonomous Regulatory Block (Level 4 Halt) | 10.0% | 0.050 | 0.600 | +0.110 |
| prereq | SEM_008 Training runs costing $10 billion for a single model will co — Dario Amodei | 76.9% | 0.600 | 0.050 | +0.033 |
Top outgoing (children)
Predictions THIS node influences
| Kind | Node | Their prob | P(c|s=T) | P(c|s=F) | Δ implied |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| prereq | 243_014 10+ autonomous providers will operate on streets of LA a dec — Dara Khosrowshahi | 39.5% | 0.550 | 0.050 | -0.131 |
| prereq | 243_017 Cost of lidar and cameras will continue coming down, making — Dara Khosrowshahi | 41.6% | 0.600 | 0.050 | -0.130 |
| prereq | 243_013 Every new car sold 10 years from now will have autonomous so — Dara Khosrowshahi | 41.0% | 0.600 | 0.050 | -0.125 |
| prereq | 244_002 Humans will be demonstrably less safe than autonomous driver — Dara Khosrowshahi | 37.6% | 0.600 | 0.050 | -0.091 |
| prereq | 230_020 Peter's 14-year-old son Milan will never get a driver's lice — Peter Diamandis | 34.7% | 0.650 | 0.050 | -0.040 |
Ticker exposure
Beneficiaries (24)
Adverse (5)
Prerequisites (8)
| Type | Pred | Title | Domain | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| prereq | 247_058 | Jury selection begins April 27, 2026 for Musk v OpenAI trial | AI | — |
| prereq | SEM_008 | Training runs costing $10 billion for a single model will commence sometime in 2025. | AI | — |
| prereq | SEM_012 | Nvidia quadrupled chip production output while only doubling human headcount — achieved by deploying AI coding tools (Cursor, Claude Code) across engineering. | AI/Manufacturing | — |
| prereq | SEM_042 | 2025 will be the definitive year that agentic systems finally hit the mainstream. | AI/Agents | — |
| prereq | S_AGI_MID_2029 | AGI mid: Kurzweil 2029 path | agi_general_capability | — |
| prereq | 231_018 | Blitz will switch to next generation model in late March 2026. | AI | — |
| killer | TK11 | Autonomous Regulatory Block (Level 4 Halt) | — | — |
| killer | TK06 | China-Taiwan Military Conflict | — | — |
Dependents (5)
| Type | Pred | Title | Domain | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| prereq | 230_020 | Peter's 14-year-old son Milan will never get a driver's license. | Auto/Transport | — |
| prereq | 243_013 | Every new car sold 10 years from now will have autonomous software | Auto/Transport | — |
| prereq | 243_017 | Cost of lidar and cameras will continue coming down, making new cars autonomous-ready within 10 years | Auto/Transport | — |
| prereq | 244_002 | Humans will be demonstrably less safe than autonomous drivers (within 25 years, not 15) | Auto/Transport | — |
| prereq | 243_014 | 10+ autonomous providers will operate on streets of LA a decade from now | Auto/Transport | — |
Raw metadata
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