WhiplashPost comments on Innocent People Are Being Accused of Shoplifting by Faulty AI-Facial Recognition Systems at an Alarming Rate: "It's the stuff of Kafkaesque nightmares."

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[–] WhiplashPost@programming.dev 43 points 5 days ago (10 children)

Self Checkouts are not even self checkout anymore. You go up and scan your stuff then 2 times out of 3 someone has to come over and approve that you scanned everything. At that point just open the normal lanes back up

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[–] YoSoySnekBoi@kbin.earth 16 points 5 days ago (8 children)

I literally stopped shopping at Kroger over this. If you're gonna accuse me of stealing every third item I scan because I use a reusable shopping bag instead of the single-use plastic ones, you aren't getting my business.

I think the only one more over it than me was the poor associate who had to keep signing in to watch videos of me scanning stuff.

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[–] WhiplashPost@programming.dev 6 points 5 days ago (1 child)

It's so annoying. I'll scan something big and the computer is OUT LOUD saying at me "BAG YOUR ITEM" like NO! I DONT WANT TO!

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[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 1 point 4 days ago

The grocery store nearest my house (QFC, a slightly nicer Kroger-owned regional chain) has tiny trays for the bagging area. Anything more bulky than a gallon of milk and a bag of apples turns into a weird game of Jenga.