I’m a 40-year-old truck driver from Shelbyville. I started at McDonald’s earning $5.15 an hour, got my CDL at 21 and learned trucking the hard way, team driving with a veteran because I didn’t yet know the DOT laws, state rules or even how to navigate without a GPS.

After more than ten years over the road, I joined a major LTL company in 2018. Since then, I’ve watched “innovation” slowly replace human judgment: routing algorithms, automation and now artificial intelligence. People keep saying AI will “assist” workers, but anyone paying attention knows the truth.

AI is being built to replace us.

Self-driving trucks replace drivers.

Automation replaces dockworkers.

Algorithms replace dispatchers and office staff.

Corporations want efficiency, but if they eliminate workers, they also

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