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Kristin Stoller

Uber teases new gig opportunities for humans in a world of autonomous cars

Camiel Irving; Vice President, US and Canada Mobility Operations, Uber. (Credit: STUART ISETT FOR FORTUNE)

One month after Waymo and Uber announced a partnership to bring autonomous ride-hailing to two U.S. cities, a vice president at the ride-sharing app said the company is developing some new gig opportunities for workers to earn money in an autonomous future. 

But a situation in which Uber drivers are fully replaced by autonomous vehicles is still a long way off, Camiel Irving, Uber vice president of U.S. and Canada mobility operations, said at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Conference in Laguna Niguel on Monday.

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