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: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 29 2020, @07:17PM
That's the plan of the Jew World Order. Breakdown of the family, followed by breakdown of all social groups not controlled by the Jews via technology. Take a look at Teletubbies if you want to see the future of mankind unless we wake up. That show was not an accident. Androgynous humanoids wearing biohazard suits, in very small, likely non-family groups, who live underground in a bunker, and only come outside to worship the global religion (the sun with the baby's face) when the computer says they can.