Hoping a package doesn’t get damaged, lost, or stolen can be anxiety-inducing enough, but now people have to worry whether their mail will be mishandled by drones. One homeowner in Michigan experienced his first and likely last Amazon drone delivery, as his package was dropped off in the middle of the street.
Posting his front door camera’s footage to both r/mildlyinfuriating and r/therewasanattempt, the man shared a clip of the Amazon drone dropping the package barely onto the edge of the driveway. However, the lightweight box blew into the middle of the road, likely due to the drone ascending, similar to how a helicopter makes quite a windy stir when taking off. Some Redditors in the comments half-expected a car to drive over the package, but the neighborhood street didn’t appear too busy.
These Amazon delivery drones have been said to be fully autonomous, which could be both a good and bad thing. On one hand, AI sometimes can’t even do a proper transcription. On the other hand, some people believe a drone’s air delivery can’t be worse than a lazy or careless driver mishandling their mail. “Not really any worse than some human deliveries I’ve seen,” as one commenter puts it. There are countless videos online of Amazon drivers recklessly throwing packages, possibly damaging or breaking the ordered items.
Some Online Users Accuse the Amazon Drone Delivery Fail Is AI-Generated
Ironically enough, there are several commenters who believe the video about the Michigan man’s Amazon drone delivery mishap is fake, aka AI-generated. “Totally AI video. Packages don’t just slide around and change shape like that,” remarked one user. Non-believers aside, the fact that the drone making this delivery is not being controlled by a human is indeed real.
According to FOX 32 Chicago, the Amazon drones are fully autonomous, albeit their activity is monitored by employees. While not new or groundbreaking, drone technology is still somewhat novel when it comes to customers’ deliveries, so it’ll be interesting to see whether these AI-controlled drones will become more accurate over time with where they drop off their packages. Hopefully, we won’t be seeing more boxes in the middle of the streets, courtesy of Amazon.
