Amazon is ditching their fully automated checkout system because of the high cost of human labor.

This reminds me of a former employer who sold a fully automated solution that also used a lot people behind the scenes.

So much of the stuff sold as AI is either snake oil, or at best "fake it till you make it".

https://gizmodo.com/amazon-reportedly-ditches-just-walk-out-grocery-stores-1851381116

#Amazon #AI 

 My heart goes out to all the people in #TelAviv who are the victim of terrorist rockets.

May you be safe.

#Israel 

 It's an absolute tragedy that during Israel's formation, some 600,000 people who lived in the same land were displaced.[1]

What's less talked about is that beyond the region of Israel, across the MENA, ~900,000 Jews across the region were forcibly expelled- citizenship stripped, property ceased, etc. in sixteen countries.

One tragedy does not balance out another, yet I rarely hear people talking about the expulsion of MENA Jews. Few Western non-Jews have heard about it, and anti-Sephardi bigotry means that few Ashkenazi Jews even discuss it.

[1] There's a lot of complexity around this series of events. I'm simplifying. 

 I'm not even sure what to call this- a dream or not, because it's happened throughout my covid experience, and it's very vivid.

When I've been sleeping, I believe I'm an entity floating amongst other entities- energy clusters, or something.

I had the vague notion that other beings like me exist, cells, or something, and that there are "trailer parks" of us. I also had the vague notion that I've tried to flow gently between places but not been able because while I don't remember my name or anything about me, I know I'm Jewish.

In the meantime, when I do wake up, I realize I'm having jolts of electricity all over my body, like zaps of pain, especially in my toes. 

 This is a gentle reminder that it's okay not to have a good new year.

Yes, we eat food symbolizing a good new year, but having a good new year evening or day doesn't speak to the quality of the year itself. You can have a lovely year that starts off badly. It's okay. You're okay.