Self-Checkout Machines Fall Short

Monday, 07 October 2013 | by Pat's Picks

I hate the self-checkout machines at the grocery store. Every time I use one with just one item, thinking it will be fast, something goes wrong. Turns out, there’s a reason. The Wall Street Journal says supermarket checkout machines help demonstrate the ways in which computers still can’t mimic certain human skills. One big flaw, your human checker can identify your produce and remember the code, while the machine makes you take the time to look it up yourself.

SOURCE: Wall Street Journal