Ethan MarcotteApr 2, 2024

“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]

Amazon Ditches 'Just Walk Out' Checkouts at Its Grocery Stores

Amazon Fresh is moving away from a feature of its grocery stores where customers could skip checkout altogether.

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Show threadmalevolent dictator for lifeApr 2, 2024
@beep why does this keep happening 💀
Show threadCocoa
@astrid @beep Because the idea is that in theory, you can use the manually labeled data to apply machine learning to it.

The problem is that's not always a thing that works.
Apr 2, 2024 at 8:30pmWeb
Show threadmalevolent dictator for lifeApr 2, 2024
@cocoa @beep oh I know how machine learning works

What I mean is just that so many times when a company advertises it's AI, it's actually just people behind the scenes. Like there was this one robot food delivery company on college campuses that turned out to just be people in the Philippines remotely piloting the robots