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My understanding is this turned out not to be true. People were used to label stuff for new stores, but the actual implementation did not depend on some sort of
by dmazin 1y ago
My understanding is this turned out not to be true. People were used to label stuff for new stores, but the actual implementation did not depend on some sort of fakery.
- CobrastanJorji 1y agoI imagine it's possible the truth was somewhere in between. But if it worked, why did they stop using it in their grocery stores after putting so much money into it?
- martinald 1y agoIn the UK at least the grocery stores are completely empty. I've barely seen anyone in them. Bizarrely they are shutting loads down in London but opening new ones at the same time. Absolutely no idea what the strategy is, they must be throwing out the majority of the fresh food stock they have.
- rrrrrrrrrrrryan 1y agoThat was the original idea, and that's what Amazon claimed, but IIRC they never got over 70% automated. Phrased differently, 30% of all transactions were still entered by a human overseas watching cameras at the time they decided to pull the plug, years after the initial launch.
- kylecazar 1y agoInteresting that they can automate some of the transactions and not others... Wonder what was special about those other 30%. There was a 2 year period in which I bought lunch at an Amazon Go daily. I was naive to the magic so I thought it was the greatest innovation ever.
- throwaway29812 1y ago[dead]