‘Dynamic Pricing’ at Major Grocery Chain Can Vary Prices Depending on Your Income

AI pricing could result in customers incurring higher costs based on personal data used to gauge their purchasing thresholds.

Please, for the love of all that is holy, just let a meteor hit us already.

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I fully expect a lot of "actually it's slightly cheaper if you game the system and are in the know" apologism about this too.
- Easy way to game the system: shoplift
Lawsuit for racial discrimination in 5... 4... 3...
Oh look, another reason to buy at my shitty local grocer.

Sure, they don't always have the stuff I want in stock, but they will NEVER be able to afford this bullshit.
- Time to wear a mask and use cash.
  
  Fuckoff Kroger.
  
  The first time I see this happen, I'll be walking out leaving a full cart at the register with my 6 quarts of ice cream.
  
  This creates more work for some abused worker. They probably won’t even let them eat the melty ice cream.
This is the stuff that peasant uprisings are made of
- In 2020, people were lining up in their cars for miles waiting to receive food from food banks. Meanwhile, farmers were dumping milk and other food products by the truckload because stores weren’t placing orders.
  
  No revolt yet
  
  "A failure that topples all of our successes"
-75000 FICO score

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'AI sets the prices now, our hands are tied'
As it is, this is horrible news. However, think of the possibilities all of this generates for democratic planning of the economy in the future. Capitalists, as always, selling us the rope with which we'll hang them.

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