Topic: Amazon Fresh

2 chapters across the catalog

Stay Alarmed
Episode 1649 31:33 - 36:39

1649: Stay Alarmed

Amazon Go Failure, Manual Human Intervention

Amazon is shuttering its "Just Walk Out" technology in Amazon Fresh stores after reports revealed the system relied on 1,000 workers in India to manually verify transactions. Despite being marketed as advanced AI and computer vision, the project proved economically unviable and prone to errors. Amazon is pivoting to "Dash Carts," which use scanners built directly into the shopping carts.

Lying Weasels
Episode 705 2:06:12 - 2:10:24

705: Lying Weasels

Obama's Vegetable Analogy, Machine Guns in Bars

President Obama claims in a speech that in some neighborhoods it is easier to buy a firearm than a fresh vegetable or a book. The hosts mock this analogy, pointing out the existence of Amazon and grocery stores. They also criticize the President's hyperbolic claim that some people want "machine guns in bars," noting that such laws do not exist in the Federal Register.