This is why Covid activists have been screaming that mask bans aren’t about crime
They’re designed to make it easier to implement a surveillance state - which should concern even most committed anti masker
Kroger partners with Microsoft for facial recognition software to create “dynamic pricing”
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/retail-grocery-automation-esl-kroger/
@vgoller @broadwaybabyto Actually, the German police is quite good avoiding being GDPR compliant when it comes to introducing all the exciting new technologies.
Interested citizens usually find it just mentioned in the smallprint.
@broadwaybabyto surge-priced vegetables, hooray. there is absolutely no disincentive for supermarket chains with regards to adopting this.
the cyberpunk apocalypse happened, but it wasn't cool so we ignored it.
They _really_ want us to grow our own food, huh?
Until the food-grower enforcement drones catch you daring to do it 🤷♂️
So, hawk training to fight the drones is probably pretty labor intensive, huh?
@broadwaybabyto In such stores it is crucial never to use their app, to pay only cash, and if they are using facial recognition to wear dark sunglasses as well as a mask.
If they push hard enough, a dedicated campaign of targetted shoplifting can force them to shut down, like that Wal-Mart they chased out of DC.
@broadwaybabyto from a programming standpoint, I'm unclear how this works
Is there facial recognition at the *cashier*?
Simply showing a higher price on the shelf doesn't affect what I am charged - there must be something connecting/happening at the checkout point, or none of this actually works
Can anyone explain better than this article?
@broadwaybabyto chatting about it with friends - would seem that the facial recognition matches you against the data they've purchased
you don't need to sign up for a card or app; they know who you are when you walk into the store for the first time
"Dynamic Pricing" - coded language for prices based on bigotry.
1. Algorithmic racism
https://venturebeat.com/ai/researchers-find-racial-discrimination-in-dynamic-pricing-algorithms-used-by-uber-lyft-and-others/
2. AI-enabled price gouging misogyny
https://www.politicshome.com/thehouse/article/ai-racism-sexism-problem
https://patriciagestoso.com/2024/01/08/techno-patriarchy-how-ai-is-misogynys-new-clothes/
3. Manipulated adolescents
4. Poverty-based greedflation. (Grocery store price increases on the days seniors get their social security checks)
https://prospect.org/health/2024-10-11-ai-threatening-social-safety-net/
5. Surge prices in a crisis (Uber charging more during evacuations)
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6. Double digit electrical utility rate increases. AI is an energy hog.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/23/business/kroger-walmart-facial-recognition-prices.html
https://www.promarket.org/2024/09/12/the-us-is-not-prepared-for-the-ai-electricity-demand-shock/
7. Prices manipulated by artificially created chokepoints in inventory. Monopolies & monopsonies & collusion.
https://simon.rochester.edu/blog/deans-corner/ai-algorithmic-pricing-and-collusion
@slotrak @broadwaybabyto if your score is low enough and you can't afford to buy things, you get them for free.
Hell, we can do that now. Or at least we should. Mask up, leave the phone at home.
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People with few alternatives will pay more, just like it is now for groceries, insurance, rent, etc. People with more resources can afford to get in their cars and go to other retailers, or to Costco. People who don’t own cars or have time constraints can’t invest in shopping around. Until now this dynamic kept grocery stores disciplined, at least in places with a competitive market.
If you're not here for money or your sex life, I hope your notable following offers support.
This story makes me want to shop in a disguise & I would do it.
@gooba42 @broadwaybabyto Fear and anti-social personality disorder?
It’s interesting conservatives lose their shit when you mention the French Revolution. They can do the math and know they’re vastly outnumbered.
Keeping us poor and wanting more protects them by keeping us divided
@broadwaybabyto I just sent Kroger an email asking them to confirm or deny that they will be using facial recognition software in their stores. I also emailed Publix to confirm that they will NOT.
Electronic shelf labels are the technology I would have killed for when I was a scan price clerk and had to manually change out over 2,000 tags a week. That part would have been a huge convenience for weekly ad changes. BUT, to use it for surge pricing would be evil. And that EDGE technology that uses cameras for facial recognition? Huge red flag.
wtf first shinkflation and prices that will never come down and food that will never be 16 ounces again and now they want to charge different prices based on crap tools and quadruple our profits and keep us spending and in debt.
gtfo jerks
@broadwaybabyto time to sign up for a CSA/farm share!
Or shop your local food co-op.
Seriously, find ways to shop outside the mega grocery stores and you'll be doing many good things at once, for both you and the planet
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