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LOL Amazon's soon to be defunct "cashier-less" grocery stores "relied on more than 1,000 people in India watching and labeling videos to ensure accurate checkouts" (archive.is)
posted 2 years ago by lgbtqwtfbbq 2 years ago by lgbtqwtfbbq +71 / -0
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– AlfredicEnglishRules 5 points 2 years ago +5 / -0

There was a grocery store like this back in the 30's. Most people didn't see the workers running in the back filling purchases. Restaurants with a similar idea existed up till the 80's. You put in money and opened a door to get the already cooked food.

This grocery store is following a similar vein, but didn't find the source yet. When I worked at a grocery store, I imagined how we would improve it with automation. Partially because that's how my mind works, and another because I really didn't enjoy doing it.

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– Sneak_King 6 points 2 years ago +6 / -0

No one thought automats were automated. They had cooks, just not waitstaff.

They were fast food cafeterias, killed off because hamburgers meant you didn't have to sit down to eat.

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– HallucinatoryBeing 6 points 2 years ago +6 / -0

Certain areas of Japan have produce stands with no one manning it, just a can to put money in and the honor system. No automation required.

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– bamboozler1 3 points 2 years ago +3 / -0

We… have that here too. It’s absolutely everywhere in rural areas, and you sometimes see it in the suburbs/city, too…

Is that not normal? Seems pretty normal to me.

Admittedly I don’t recall seeing it so often in Sweden, but I did come across it even there/the other Nordics a couple of times.

But yeah, in Aus, that’s… Entirely normal.

It’s generally where I get my eggs and apples from (aside from what I grow), because I would rather my neighborhood get the dollarydoos than some store…

That’s always been the norm, over here, pre “war on cash”, and all that…

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