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Amazon Ditches 'Just Walk Out' Checkouts at Its Grocery Stores (gizmodo.com)
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Just over half of Amazon Fresh stores are equipped with Just Walk Out. The technology allows customers to skip checkout altogether by scanning a QR code when they enter the store. Though it seemed completely automated, Just Walk Out relied on more than 1,000 people in India watching and labeling videos to ensure accurate checkouts. The cashiers were simply moved off-site, and they watched you as you shopped.

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[-] zifnab25@hexbear.net 83 points 7 months ago

Just Walk Out relied on more than 1,000 people in India watching and labeling videos to ensure accurate checkouts

Obviously, the problem with this system is that Indians are asking for too much money.

[-] davel@hexbear.net 51 points 7 months ago

I had to abandon my mechanical Turk joke for its transphobic connotation. Cancel culture! /s

[-] Juice@hexbear.net 41 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Has the left gone too f-

instantly vaporized by the woke trans mob space laser

[-] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 31 points 7 months ago

ALRIGHT WHO'S NEXT

[-] silent_water@hexbear.net 5 points 7 months ago

ok I need an explanation. what?

[-] davel@hexbear.net 9 points 7 months ago

could be interpreted as gender screening

Always check under the skirts of mechanical Turks.

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