In the waterfront district of Punggol, a quiet but consequential shift is underway: human beings are learning to trust machines with the lives of strangers, and in doing so, are redefining what it means to work alongside technology. Singapore's autonomous vehicle rollout has given rise to a new profession — the safety operator — whose role is neither driver nor passenger, but something more philosophically complex: a guardian of a system still learning to see the world. Former taxi drivers and young graduates alike are finding that the hardest skill is not taking control, but knowing when to l