Gig Economy helps a lot of people, but it's just temporary. The information and brand recognition Uber gets right now will help them to easily transition to self-driving cars, leaving all these people that currently depend on Uber in a really though situation. What do you put on your resume when in 2018 Uber introduces first self-driving cars, and your gig is no more? Right now they are just in a information gathering stage, collecting information about travel routes, times, congestion etc. They need human drivers but not for long.