Uber CEO Says Self-Driving Cars Won't Kill Jobs

Dozens of autonomous Uber vehicles are about to be roaming the streets of Pittsburg, but the company's chief executive says its human drivers have nothing to worry about. "I don't think the number of human drivers will go down anytime soon," Uber CEO Travis Kalanick told Business Insider. "In fact, I think in an autonomous world, it goes up." Many observers argue that autonomous cars pose a threat to professional drivers, who seemingly stand to be outmoded by the technology. Kalanick, however, claims that such vehicles will still require human labor for two reasons.