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September 30, 2015

Google's driverless car drivers may be out of a job soon

  • If the technology advances as envisioned, the only people sitting in driverless cars by 2020 will be passengers.
  • By MICHAEL LIEDTKE
    AP Technology Writer

    MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Fresh out of college, Brian Torcellini dreamed about getting a job writing about surfing.

    Instead, he wound up in a dusty, dimly lit garage near Google's Silicon Valley headquarters six years ago, getting ready to ride a wave of technology that thrust him into an occupational oxymoron. He became a driver in a driverless car.


     
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