“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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@beep why does this keep happening 💀
@[email protected] @beep It's only supervised learning if you think of them as actual human beings!

(edit: sarcasm, but... also, I'm pretty sure they don't think of them as actual people. I don't think they think of
anyone not in their socioeconomic class as actual people)
@aud @astrid @beep "A.I. will be the end of outsourcing!"
'Proceeds to replace it with a new more fucked up and evil kind of outsourcing.'