[ThorsBane]

For now. Who is going to be the first company to pull it off though? I'd definitely subscribe to that - would love fresh produce parcels dropped off on my front steps or backyard by drone delivery. This has already been done with medical supplies before which is super cool.

[phito]

I really don't think it's feasible without some kind of AGI (or human) on the controls. There are so many environmental, technical, societal and regulatory issues to tackle. They make a lot of noise (although some are much quieter now), people could very easily jam their communication signals (or just shoot at them), birds, hardware failures, ... I worked on last-mile delivery project at a drone startup, we could do cool demos that impressed shareholders, but I could never see that working in the wild, people would get hurt.

Also, once you solve the last-mile problem, a new one arises: the last-foot problem...

[ThorsBane]

It's not rocket science, that's for sure.