I am surprised about how many people prefer self checkout. Since AI is taboo to use but replacing a worker with self checkout is okay. Kind of a weird dynamic on the platform.
The Walmart ones apparently have some manner of AI/neural net/deep learning image processing going on to attempt to catch people stealing stuff at the checkouts.
Somehow they still don’t support contactless payments for some reason, though, so that’s neat.
When tap-to-pay became a thing, Walmart went all in on building their own payment system instead, because Apple Pay and Google Pay both get a portion of the credit card transaction fees.
By pushing everyone through Walmart Pay, THEY get that portion, and can collect interest on any cash back stored in the customers account (just like Starbucks).
Of course, anyone who just wants to use the nfc on their credit card gets fucked over
I am surprised about how many people prefer self checkout. Since AI is taboo to use but replacing a worker with self checkout is okay. Kind of a weird dynamic on the platform.
Self checkout ✅ AI ❌
Seems pretty clear to me… There’s no LLM involved in self-checkout (not yet at least… ugh).
Short to no line ✅
Not having to interact with another human ✅
The Walmart ones apparently have some manner of AI/neural net/deep learning image processing going on to attempt to catch people stealing stuff at the checkouts.
Somehow they still don’t support contactless payments for some reason, though, so that’s neat.
When tap-to-pay became a thing, Walmart went all in on building their own payment system instead, because Apple Pay and Google Pay both get a portion of the credit card transaction fees.
By pushing everyone through Walmart Pay, THEY get that portion, and can collect interest on any cash back stored in the customers account (just like Starbucks).
Of course, anyone who just wants to use the nfc on their credit card gets fucked over
self-chackout is often faster. Also, earier to shoplift.