Marty the grocery store robot is a glimpse into our hell-ish future

[Sherman A1]

Attention shoppers: I've seen the future of grocery store technology, and let me tell you, we can do better.

I’m no Marty McFly. I simply reside in a small Connecticut town, which means that in addition to doing Extremely New England things like commuting to the city on the Metro North, bragging about beaches, and the fact that the state inspired the picturesque fictional town in Gilmore Girls, I occasionally spend some time on the weekends shopping for groceries at a local Stop & Shop.

Prior to 2019, the Stop & Shop shopping experience was similar to that offered by most any other large grocery store chain. But this year, Stop & Shop introduced giant, gray, aisle-patrolling robots at more than 200 stores in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Jersey.

Now, food shopping comes with unprecedented levels of anxiety and absurdity

https://mashable.com/article/stop-and-shop-marty-robots/

[Nay]

1. I can't imagine. I would never patronize a store again if it started using these monstrosities.

[marble falls]

2. I'm not going there. $35,000 robot just to say "danger"? Old technology ...

[Ohiogal]

3. Notice how they always tell us

that this privacy invading shit is "for your safety".

[Locrian]

4. man... I **hate** tech for the sake of tech..

And I've been an engineer for 30 years.

Same mentality that gives us Bezos - richest man in the world - that only cares about "space". You know, because it's his eqo at stake and it's "cool". Never mind the rest of 99.9999% of humanity that could use some attention.

The term WOMBAT applies: Waste Of Money, Brains And Talent