Amazon’s drone program does raise question marks as to the future of delivery services. Indeed, Amazon has a large workforce dedicated to delivering products.
Will these employees be phased out by the drone program?
This brings us to the ugly side of Amazon’s game-changing innovation — a lot of companies and workers are left by the wayside. If Amazon were to develop a drone program capable of handling deliveries in major cities, the current need for delivery drivers would be decreased, meaning less work for somebody down the line.
The same goes for Amazon Go, a cashier-less grocery store. Top executive Jeff Wilke has hinted at taking the cashier-less model to Whole Foods as well. With the introduction of cashier-less grocery stores, the need for baggers and clerks obviously evaporates.
Thus, while Amazon continues to change how we shop, this progress comes at a cost which is often human, posing even more questions in an already advanced century.
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