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Is this because of shoplifting? In that case, an innovative (dystopian?) solution would be to place AI-guided water cannons to shoot thieves.

• throwayyy479087 4y ago
  Yes. If it was anything else they’d mention it.
  • EGreg 4y ago
    They do mention it. They simply don’t let people in who don’t already have an account with them: https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/22/16920784/amazon-go-cashier-less-grocery-store-seattle-shoplifting-punishment-detection https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/22/16920784/amazon-go-cashie...
    • fmajid 4y ago
      Because people who routinely steal stuff will draw the line at jumping over a turnstile /s
      • EGreg 4y ago
        Fine then make a rotating door or other thing you can’t jump over!
  • rsynnott 4y ago
    Eh? In principle these should be less vulnerable to shoplifting than a normal convenience store with automatic checkouts. It's more likely just because, well, it's not clearly better than a normal convenience store with automatic checkouts.
• orangepurple 4y ago
  Full height turnstiles activated by a digital ID would reduce this problem to a manageable level
  • Laaas 4y ago
    Indeed, it makes you wonder why this is not the case already. It does not seem like an especially hard thing to do. It makes you wonder why they decided this was a good idea in the first place. Seemed sort of obvious that they'd have a shoplifting problem in a region where it's already not too uncommon. Perhaps they assumed the surveillance would deter thieves, but surveillance is only a deterrence if the local police can afford to enforce the law effectively.