You can't make this up:
In 2016, Amazon, $AMZN, launched "Just Walk Out" at their Amazon Fresh grocery stores.
The technology allows customers to literally walk out without seeing a cashier and they are charged "automatically."
For years, it seemed like Amazon had created an AI-based and fully automated concept.
However, now as Amazon is shutting down the service it turns out this has NOTHING to do with AI.
Rather, "Just Walk Out" relied on 1,000 people in India watching and labeling videos to ensure accurate checkouts.
The cashiers literally watched you as you shopped and charged you for what you left with.
"Fully automated" is far from reality.