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Not exactly related, but I thought a great use of facial recognition would be for cashiers: as soon as you step in front of the counter, the register shows the

Not exactly related, but I thought a great use of facial recognition would be for cashiers: as soon as you step in front of the counter, the register shows the cashier your name (or maybe top likely names), and what you ordered last time. With this information, the cashier could press just a single button for your most likely order (making them faster), and refer to you by name for a personalized experience.

tiagod 3y ago
I would be very pissed if they did this to me. Luckily it's illegal where I live.
tiagod 3y ago
I would be very pissed if they did this to me. Luckily it's illegal where I live.
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mrweiner 3y ago
Gives me Minority Report vibes. Which…probably isn’t good.
- Solvency 3y ago
  you literally scan your palm to enter and exit amazon fresh stores while ML powered cameras watch then shop and people do it without blinking an eye
  - eep_social 3y ago
    Not all people, though I admit that it’s a lot more than makes sense to me.
  - mrweiner 3y ago
    Yeah that’s crazy to me as well
nadermx 3y ago
Less creepy would be to just have a RFID chip in a vendor card, like a loyalty card, that is scanned upon admission by RFID readers
giraffe_lady 3y ago
A moderately experienced cashier can input your order faster than you can speak it. That part is absolutely not a bottleneck. Also in general people actively do not like being called by their first name when they did not give their first name. This is a broad but not universal social norm and I don't see any benefit in pushing to change it. I certainly don't think retail food service is the correct front for it.
spdif899 3y ago
This is the line where we need to figure out as a society what we want technology to replace or not. A good barista is already doing this in their head, and also building and maintaining a human relationship with those customers. Part of the appeal of a good coffee shop to is that it feels like a friendly place to spend time with people you know, and it makes it feel special when you've got that one place where everyone knows who you are and how you like your coffee. Coffee being an important daily ritual for many builds this shared understanding and empathy around the craft - I'm here because you know this specific subset of me intimately and I can get something valuable that isn't just "the screen says your name is X and your drink is Y is that right?"
- goostavos 3y ago
  You and I have very different relationships with our local coffee spots. I'm fine with "screen says X and drink is Y". That's sort've the most I'm after when I go to get a coffee.
- quesera 3y ago
  This sounds like the "warm sound of vinyl records", or "pleasantly musty smell of paper books", or "comforting flicker of candle light". I.e. not wrong -- but probably just another future anachronism.

tiagod 3y ago

I would be very pissed if they did this to me. Luckily it's illegal where I live.

tiagod 3y ago

I would be very pissed if they did this to me. Luckily it's illegal where I live.

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mrweiner 3y ago

Gives me Minority Report vibes. Which…probably isn’t good.

Solvency 3y ago
you literally scan your palm to enter and exit amazon fresh stores while ML powered cameras watch then shop and people do it without blinking an eye
- eep_social 3y ago
  Not all people, though I admit that it’s a lot more than makes sense to me.
- mrweiner 3y ago
  Yeah that’s crazy to me as well

nadermx 3y ago

Less creepy would be to just have a RFID chip in a vendor card, like a loyalty card, that is scanned upon admission by RFID readers

giraffe_lady 3y ago

A moderately experienced cashier can input your order faster than you can speak it. That part is absolutely not a bottleneck. Also in general people actively do not like being called by their first name when they did not give their first name. This is a broad but not universal social norm and I don't see any benefit in pushing to change it. I certainly don't think retail food service is the correct front for it.

spdif899 3y ago

This is the line where we need to figure out as a society what we want technology to replace or not. A good barista is already doing this in their head, and also building and maintaining a human relationship with those customers. Part of the appeal of a good coffee shop to is that it feels like a friendly place to spend time with people you know, and it makes it feel special when you've got that one place where everyone knows who you are and how you like your coffee. Coffee being an important daily ritual for many builds this shared understanding and empathy around the craft - I'm here because you know this specific subset of me intimately and I can get something valuable that isn't just "the screen says your name is X and your drink is Y is that right?"

goostavos 3y ago
You and I have very different relationships with our local coffee spots. I'm fine with "screen says X and drink is Y". That's sort've the most I'm after when I go to get a coffee.
quesera 3y ago
This sounds like the "warm sound of vinyl records", or "pleasantly musty smell of paper books", or "comforting flicker of candle light". I.e. not wrong -- but probably just another future anachronism.