Thread

Seattle City Council votes to ban surveillance pricing in sale of groceries

395 points · 229 comments · ortusdux

nullorempty · 1790205938 · focus · HN ↗
You are broke, with no prospects and last hundred bucks in your account.
You show up at a macdonalds, hungry.
The AI reads you and decides - nothing to be had from this hungry guy in the future and prices your last burger at 100.
Excellent future.
1. gruez · 1790206110 · focus · HN ↗
  >The AI reads you and decides - nothing to be had from this hungry guy in the future and prices your last burger at 100.
  ...which is exactly the opposite how a rational "surveillance pricing" would work. Economics 101 would dictate you price based on willingness to pay, and if you only got $3 in your pocket, they would charge $3 (or whatever the break-even price is).

Unofficial Hacker News client; not affiliated with Y Combinator.