Cashierless stores are popping up at gas stations, stadiums and even Dunkin':
Pretty soon you might find Amazon Go-like concepts just about everywhere.
Mastercard on Friday said it's joining the effort to create more of these kinds of cashierless stores, unveiling a platform it calls Shop Anywhere. It teamed up with retail tech company Accel Robotics to create a handful of new test concepts that let customers check into a store, grab what they want and walk out.
[...] For instance, the team created a new self-service Dunkin' store that allows people to check in at a kiosk, get doughnuts and coffee, and leave without stopping at a cashier. The store will be staffed with workers to restock items and provide customer service, but there won't be a register.
[...] The payment network pitched these concepts as more flexible than Amazon Go, with Shop Anywhere capable of going into all kinds of locations and being retrofitted into existing stores -- something Amazon Go hasn't yet done. Both Shop Anywhere and Amazon Go are powered by a series of cameras that are kitted with computer vision and AI.
Customers will no longer have to interact with proprietors or employees.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Saturday August 29 2020, @07:03PM (4 children)
Do you mean like Kenosha, Wisconsin two nights ago?
Something tells me the business owners who lost everything haven't gotten over it yet. Nor have the families of those who have been killed.
But, it happened somewhere else to someone else, so it doesn't really matter to you, amirite?
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 29 2020, @10:12PM
My fault. I thought we weren't supposed to count the incidents where the MAGA crowd are the instigators.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 29 2020, @11:41PM
Oh look, Phoenix666 is continuing the "omg riots" bullshit. Tell me Phoenix, why are you more concerned with buildings than the lives of your fellow citizens?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 30 2020, @12:11AM
If folks are breaking the law, arrest and prosecute them.
But don't conflate the folks carrying signs and chanting slogans who are legally exercising their rights, with a few folks who need to go to jail for their actions.
What's that? The police are refusing to do their jobs? That's a failure of the police. They need to stop standing around whinging like little girls, "ooh, they don't like us! we're scared! Mommy!"
Which is what these protests are all about -- the police failing to do their jobs competently.
Whether that's not weeding out (or encouraging the hiring of) the thugs from their ranks (think "A Clockwork Orange"), summarily executing whoever they feel like, panicking like little bitches and shooting people in the back, and not policing their own ranks.
I'll say it one more time. Those involved in violence and looting need to be arrested and prosecuted, just like the cowardly scumbags with badges running around shooting, asphyxiating and beating people to death.
You, like your anti-hero, aren't interested in equality under the law or accountable public officials. You just want to "own the libs" and keep the darkies "in their place."
Do you watch old newsreels of George Wallace at night and stroke off too? I wouldn't be surprised.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 30 2020, @12:12AM
No.