Inside Amazon Go

Post by srtjstjsj » Sun, Jan 21, 2018, 10:10 PM UTC

freehunter wrote: post #74

tuna-piano wrote: post #62

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I think you're right, and I haven't seen the answer from our society yet. If you can sit at home and get things delivered (which is easier and addicting), you do miss out on different experiences (some good, some bad). You can imagine a world where many of our storefronts could empty out. If you work from home, get Amazon deliveries, go to school online, etc... what will you do and what storefronts do you need? Are b…

The example is obvious if you actually step outside your door. Anyone can get anything delivered at any time of day or year, so other than going to work, there is no need right now for anyone to leave their house, ever. But funny enough, if you go into any downtown area, any park, any waterfront, any restaurant, they're busy. Abnormally busy, based on the fact that, again, none of them have any need to be there. Turn…

Post by srtjstjsj » Sun, Jan 21, 2018, 10:11 PM UTC

goldenkey wrote: post #58

hn_throwaway_99 wrote: post #41

I know the standard reaction from a lot of HN folk will be to celebrate this progress: it's faster, more efficient, and no one likes to waste time waiting in line. Still, though, I think Amazon's automation of the retail experience is helping to create a society where there is even less real social interaction, and I think it's a factor (if even a small one currently) in the increasing tribalism in American society.…

I don't bother the opposite sex while shopping. But when it comes to just normal convo about good foods that me and another shopper are both buying, it's usually a short-lived "Isn't that ice cream awesome?! Hi five!." Nothing profound but I can see the positivity from even a small event of mutual love for the small things in life. :-) I will admit though - Whole Foods and Trader Joes' employees are some of the nices…

Post by srtjstjsj » Sun, Jan 21, 2018, 10:14 PM UTC

heinrichf wrote: post #134

Techcrunch article with additional technical details: https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/21/inside-amazons-surveillanc... > ordinary RGB cameras, custom made with boards in the enclosure to do some basic grunt computer vision work, presumably things like motion detection, basic object identification, and so on. They’re augmented by separate depth-sensing cameras (using a time-of-flight technique, or so I understood from…

Post by srtjstjsj » Sun, Jan 21, 2018, 10:16 PM UTC

adrusi wrote: post #92

FLUX-YOU wrote: post #70

Attacks I'd like to try but would get picked up by the cops if I did: - Carry empty bags/containers of cheaper items in the store and place products inside these before pulling them off of the shelf. - Pull products off of the shelf and give them to a friend. Place identical empty bags/containers back to re-credit your account while your friend never has the item debited and walks out. - Drape a blanket over yourself…

Just save your containers from your last visit, bring them with you in your shopping bags, pull an item off the shelf and replace it with an empty container from your bag so that it looks like you changed your mind.

Post by [deleted] » Sun, Jan 21, 2018, 10:18 PM UTC

bsbechtel wrote: post #71

threatofrain wrote: post #45

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The marketplace today is hardly the place for meaningful interaction, whether with employees or other shoppers. What it seems like to me is unpaid emotional labor. To have interesting social time, we need less hours at work and more public (non-commercial) spaces to meet. For example, where are children supposed to meet?

Social time with the freedom to choose how you spend it allows individuals to congregate into their own tribes and pursue interests pertinent to them. Forced social interactions that are the byproduct of other necessary transactions are how we learn from others unlike ourselves.