Amazon Go a smart store concept was first predicted here over 10 years ago. A vision where customers grab items and wheel the shopping cart right out of the store without waiting in a queue for payment. Fujitsu and IBM also talked about smart stores over 10 years ago too. The video below is the vision that IBM had for smart stores back in the 2000s.
IBM SmartStore Commercial
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