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by vamos_davai
2642 days ago
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> A deliveryman who would give only his surname, Yang, says he generally makes $15 to $30 a day, and as little as 75¢ for a short trip. Honestly this makes me skeptical of an AI delivery person unless it starts in high cost of labor countries like the USA. It would be silly to try to beat the low human labor costs of China or Southeast Asia. |
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Surely an AI delivery will eventually win in all markets, but who's going to risk trying to build it when the max theoretical benefit is a few dollars per day per worker replaced? In the US the benefit might be 20x that much [1], making the risk worth investing in.
[1] assuming a hypothetical hyper efficient drone deliverer costs $15 / day and a SE Asian delivery worker costs $20 / day, that's $5 / day potential. An American delivery worker that costs $100 / day leaves $85 / day potential, or almost 20x as much.