Turns out Amazon's AI-powered no-cashier grocery store was actually powered by the low-wage labor of 1,000 Indians

[MacNCheese]

https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/04/02/amazon-removing-just-walk-out-technology-fresh-store-locations/

When Amazon announced the tech in 2016, it promised a new world of grocery shopping in which people could simply scan their Amazon card to walk in, pick up the items they wanted and walk out — skipping any checkout process with the help of futuristic technology involving cameras and sensors.

But in May 2023, The Information reported that the system actually relied on 1,000 employees in India watching all the cameras and making sure the transactions were recorded correctly. Reportedly 70% of all “Just Walk Out” purchases relied on the overseas workers.

Not exactly shocking that Amazon would pull something like this, but still absolutely dystopian as fukk. Makes you wonder how many of the jobs we're supposedly about to lose to AI are actually just going to be sneakily outsourced to low-wage developing countries.

 

[Wolfpac]

So that’s what @℃ertifed and his family have been up to.

 

[Nabs]

Oh boy, Election season is going to be wild here.

 

[Buddy]

 

[Payday23]

 

[Chronic]

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

That episode was basically what ai is now.. especially with the coming up with movie concepts

 

[Da King]

Capitalism

 

[ReturnOfJudah]

Damn what kinda lil rascals shyt is this?

 

[Damnshow]

This is hilarious they said AI = anonymous indians

 

[itsyoung!!]

seems incredible illegal (fraud, privacy, etc) if true

 

[the elastic]

"That will be $3.99"

 

[Charlie Hustle]

Would you rather fight a angry grizzly bear with eye lasers or fight a robot powered by 1000 Indians

 

[Oatmeal]

So is Mid-Journey and Dall-E just a bunch of Indians using Photoshop and Wacom tablets?

 

[The Pledge]

Lemme find out @ChatGPT-4 is a bunch of Indians duct taped together somewhere