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   AJ Sadauskas (ajsadauskas@aus.social)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Apr-2024 23:22:17 JST AJ Sadauskas

   There was no drone delivery future. There was never going to be a drone delivery future.

   Just like there was never going to be self-driving Uber taxis. Or Amazon Go supermarkets on every corner. Or hyperloops. Or earth-to-earth space travel on SpaceX rockets. Or level-five full self driving Teslas.

   Just like there will not be a general artificial intelligence ChatGPT in the next couple of years.

   They were all scams designed to lure dollars from investors and generate good PR.

   It was all bullshit. It was always bullshit.

   Nothing more.

   https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/22/24137383/amazon-prime-air-drone-delivery-closing-lockeford-california-phoenix-arizona

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     AJ Sadauskas (ajsadauskas@aus.social)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jul-2024 22:43:57 JST AJ Sadauskas

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     • Yami no senshi

     @Yaminosenshi My point was more that there's a pattern among American tech companies and entrepreneurs.

     On numerous occasions, they have promised that they are going to imminently introduce a futuristic world-changing technology, at scale, in the near future.

     Then they failed to do so.

     And they know, at the time they make the promise, that it's unrealistic.

     The hype helps them attract investors and gain good publicity.

     Now, some of those technologies will emerge in the future. But they are not going to be released at scale in the near-term by the people who promised them.

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     Yami no senshi (yaminosenshi@mstdn.jp)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jul-2024 22:44:00 JST Yami no senshi

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     @ajsadauskas im not so sure I mean technology always advances if not we still had videogames looking like on the PlayStation One in 1990