“Though it seemed completely automated, [Amazon’s] 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.” https://gizmodo.com/amazon-reportedly-ditches-just-walk-out-grocery-stores-1851381116
[removes glasses; pinches bridge of nose; sighs until the heat death of the universe]
"In the late 18th century, The Turk was presented as an autonomous chess-playing machine that could beat any human player. It was a con – a chess grandmaster was always hidden inside it and making all of the moves – but the illusion succeeded because it was built on the exciting idea that a machine might be able to play a logical game against us. And win." https://www.thats-ai.org/en-GB/units/a-brief-history-of-ai
Ethan Marcotte
Hector Correa