Amazon is closing its cashierless stores in NYC, San Francisco and Seattle
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#2Is this because of shoplifting? In that case, an innovative (dystopian?) solution would be to place AI-guided water cannons to shoot thieves.
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#3I'm really bummed about this! I wanted to be able to just go in a store and grab a juice or an apple and then leave the store. I don't live in NYC or San Fran or Seattle, but I'd hoped these stores would spread.
Re: Amazon is closing its cashierless stores in NYC, San Francisco and Seattle
#4Is this because of shoplifting? In that case, an innovative (dystopian?) solution would be to place AI-guided water cannons to shoot thieves.
Yes. If it was anything else they’d mention it.
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#5Is this because of shoplifting? In that case, an innovative (dystopian?) solution would be to place AI-guided water cannons to shoot thieves.
Full height turnstiles activated by a digital ID would reduce this problem to a manageable level
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#6Is this because of shoplifting? In that case, an innovative (dystopian?) solution would be to place AI-guided water cannons to shoot thieves.
Yes. If it was anything else they’d mention it.
They do mention it.
They simply don’t let people in who don’t already have an account with them: https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/22/16920784/amazon-go-cashie...
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#7Amazon Go seems incredibly overengineered. Why is this superior than a portable scanning plus toggleable RFIDs that disable items on scan and alarm gates? Cameras everywhere and computer vision seems overkill.
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#8Slightly misleading title. They're closing 8 of their stores across NYC, SF, etc, and this is after they just opened a few more across the US.
Re: Amazon is closing its cashierless stores in NYC, San Francisco and Seattle
#9I'm really bummed about this! I wanted to be able to just go in a store and grab a juice or an apple and then leave the store. I don't live in NYC or San Fran or Seattle, but I'd hoped these stores would spread.
I never went into one of those stores, but I'm down in Florida, and my apartment building has what they call a "sundry shop". It's connected to the main office but it's 24 hours - you get in with an electronic key. It's like a little convenience store, like a corner store in NYC. But the checkout is self-service, and there's a camera.
It's amazing, I love it.
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#10I shopped at their location at 30 rock. It was a mixed bag feeling. I was in awe of the technology, but at the same time I felt like I was being overly observed like in a prison.. I never went back, even though I work in the building.