Amazon’s Cashierless Store Is Almost Ready for Prime Time

Post by mnr » Sat, Nov 18, 2017, 10:26 PM UTC

pwinnski wrote: post #8

So they've spent an extra year with people who fit the demographics of an Amazon employee trying to trick their systems. That should protect them from people who fit the demographics of an Amazon employee. There still seem to be many of the issues people brought up a year ago, such as how this depends on the presence of a phone with the appropriate app installed, or what happens with groups of people in which only on…

Post by alphaalpha101 » Sat, Nov 18, 2017, 10:31 PM UTC

tarboreus wrote: post #12

You know what I find convenient? Cash. You just take it out of your wallet and hand it over in exchange for goods. No tracking, no receipt emails, no machine learning of my behavior to figure out when my partner is pregnant or whatever, no extra apps, no facial recognition, no 2-4% charge for businesses that only doesn't apply if you're an international monopoly. Oh, my phone is out of batteries. Guess I'll just give…

Post by pishpash » Sat, Nov 18, 2017, 10:44 PM UTC

mnr wrote: post #11

pwinnski wrote: post #8

So they've spent an extra year with people who fit the demographics of an Amazon employee trying to trick their systems. That should protect them from people who fit the demographics of an Amazon employee. There still seem to be many of the issues people brought up a year ago, such as how this depends on the presence of a phone with the appropriate app installed, or what happens with groups of people in which only on…

I presume you can check your cart via the app before checking out... in terms of overcharging, how do you know when you’re overcharged at the store when the cashier checks you out if you have more than 10 or so items? Do you remember all the prices of each item?

Post by justonepost » Sat, Nov 18, 2017, 10:53 PM UTC

pwinnski wrote: post #8

So they've spent an extra year with people who fit the demographics of an Amazon employee trying to trick their systems. That should protect them from people who fit the demographics of an Amazon employee. There still seem to be many of the issues people brought up a year ago, such as how this depends on the presence of a phone with the appropriate app installed, or what happens with groups of people in which only on…

Post by justonepost » Sat, Nov 18, 2017, 10:57 PM UTC

shpx wrote: post #4

There's a YC company also working on the same thing, here's their demo from 3 months ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeS8TJwBAFs https://www.standardcognition.com/