Amazon ditches 'just walk out' checkouts at its grocery stores
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#2I think this was probably a machine learning play, generating data for training, and I guess it didn't add up in the end.
Re: Amazon ditches 'just walk out' checkouts at its grocery stores
#3> 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.
That line was unintentionally hilarious to me. Like looking inside a TV and finding a bunch of fast-working little people drawing images.
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Re: Amazon ditches 'just walk out' checkouts at its grocery stores
#5So they are offloading checkout onto the consumer via dash carts. There's no value proposition for the consumer unless somehow they are able to lower prices by not hiring cashiers.
Re: Amazon ditches 'just walk out' checkouts at its grocery stores
#6I think that the scan-as-you-shop style systems are definitely the next realistic step for grocery stores. I really like using them, as they allow me to put stuff directly into my bags as I go.
I think a further improvement on a system like that would be to use the cheap RFID tech (UHF EPC) so that when you walk through the anti-theft barriers, the system knows exactly what you got, and then there's no need to scan anything.
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#7> 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. That line was unintentionally hilarious to me. Like looking inside a TV and finding a bunch of fast-working little people drawing images.
I often wonder how much human intervention goes into self-driving car fleets.
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#8> 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. That line was unintentionally hilarious to me. Like looking inside a TV and finding a bunch of fast-working little people drawing images.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_Turk, on the off chance you've never heard of it.
(This article is not the AWS service by the same name, though by the time you conclude reading the Wikipedia page, it should be obvious where the AWS service got its name, and what it does.)
Re: Amazon ditches 'just walk out' checkouts at its grocery stores
#9So they are offloading checkout onto the consumer via dash carts. There's no value proposition for the consumer unless somehow they are able to lower prices by not hiring cashiers.
If I can scan as I shop, that could save me time. I am repeatedly stuck behind individuals with ludicrously full carts, ill suited to self checkout.
Re: Amazon ditches 'just walk out' checkouts at its grocery stores
#10> 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. That line was unintentionally hilarious to me. Like looking inside a TV and finding a bunch of fast-working little people drawing images.
It isn't that bad an idea.
Imagine that next time you are drunk, you can hire a driver who will drive you back home remotely (along with some AI to stop the car in case connection goes away).