Why do you assume the robot is as language limited as you are?
Posted on 10/14/2018 7:17:26 PM PDT by ameribbean expat
For instance, the system can be used to capture beeps produced by a scanner and the rustling of bags at checkout to find out the number of items in a transaction or even the number of bags used.
More alarmingly, the patent mentions that the system could be used to listen to guests' conversations to determine the lengths of checkout lines.
"Additionally, the sound sensors can capture audio of conversations between guests and an employee stationed at the terminal," the patent states. "The system can process the audio of the conversation to determine whether the employee stationed at the terminal is greeting guests."
(Excerpt) Read more at cnet.com ...
Did someone else hold the patent for opening more than two of their fifty checkout lines to keep WalMart from doing it?
Yet there is still no technology to determine which bathroom a person should visit.
As long as only in their stores.
I’ve scored lots of quarters at Aldi putting lazy shoppers carts back. Why not?
Good luck in Texas, Walmart. Scarcely anyone speaks English where we live.
Excellent point.
urinals and kotex machines
As kids growing up within a short bike trip we took back luggage carts for the money we did pretty good
I’ve scored lots of quarters at Aldi putting lazy shoppers carts back. Why not?
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Good for you...did some good deeds and scored some scratch for your effort. If I had a quarter for every “stranded” shopping cart I took in with me as I entered our local Costco I’d come close to having a decent birthday gift covered.
Oh goody.
“Whaddya mean I can’t fit into that?”
Why do you assume the robot is as language limited as you are?
Blah, blah, blah. There is no expectation of privacy in public. It would be super great if everyone could remember this, thanks.
Give me a mic when I walk in I will absolutely give them commentary.
Walmart gets more creepy as Amazon.com takes over them
Clearly illegal in several states, and likely illegal in most states if it also captures conversation to which the coerced consenting party (the employee) isn't a party. Question: Can Karen Roberts spell 'felony'?
Different rules for listening and for recording. About a dozen states require all parties to consent to a recording.
Well, at least I got two bits in my pocket for the effort. Beats the hell outta nothin’! Yay!
“Aldi’s. Because lazy bastards never return the cart for their quarter. “
Must be your town. Never seen an empty buggy in the parking lot at our local Aldis.
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