Amazon is phasing out their 'checkout-less' stores.
Turns out that the 'automated' technology was actually 1000+ Indians monitoring everything you did, keeping track of what items you picked up.
>https://gizmodo.com/amazon-reportedly-ditches-just-walk-out-grocery-stores-1851381116
That's pretty fricking moronic and sad at the same time, holy shit
they use the data to train ai
If they were trainning AI they wouldn't be shutting down the service altogether but "improving" it.
Still the best automated system in use for billions of years.
Versatile, resilient and easily replaceable if you don't take ethical issues into account.
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those are clearly not Filipinos
>reported 6 hours ago
I read stories about this literally being the case like 6 years ago, and this is why they weren't expanding, it was mechanical turks all the way down.
stop saying bs
the tech was just shitty. "According to The Information, 700 out of 1,000 Just Walk Out sales required human reviewers as of 2022." 30% success rate.
I knew a friend who did something similar for captcha style systems. He said almost all of these supposedly automated systems are just endless hordes of people working for pennies.
Chinese ones are because they can't actually develop technology
CAPTCHA solving websites have been a thing forever. from the "case studies" that those services sometimes make, the "workers" seem to be mostly east euros or balkan neets
Pathetic
>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.
this was just a pilot monitoring scheme for something more sinister and the AI has enough data for training
SIRRR DO NOT REDEEM THE MILK!!!!
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>Just Walk Out
isn't this what people already do in certain areas like san francisco?
So, we could have DDoS pajeets teams by entering in the store with 200 bros and walk away?
Only works with East Asians
how does these work? can't i just go there and pickup something without even paying for it?
You have to tap your CC on the turnstile before you are let in.
The Indian is supposed to watch you from the cameras, recognize what you picked up, and charge you for it. I would think that, by moving really fast and hiding what you pick up from the view of any camera, you could actually get in and out without being charged (or charged for the right items anyway).
SAAR DO NOT DO THIS!!! BASTERD BENCHOD BIGCH!!! I RAEP YOU FRESH
>Turns out that the 'automated' technology was actually 1000+ Indians monitoring everything you did
AI in a nutshell
I SAY YOU b***h DO NOT REDEEEEEEM
the reason they failed is cuz all of the uses of Amazon fresh (myself included) can just use the app and order it to my house and a slave brings me the food for $5. i was across the street from one of these stores and i ordered it to my house cuz it was simpler and my time isnt worth $5 to walk around a store and i can get exactly what i want on the app and take as long as i want.
>Turns out that the 'automated' technology was actually 1000+ Indians monitoring everything you did, keeping track of what items you picked up.
>it's real
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