‘SNL’ has a go at Amazon Go in spoof on how white and black consumers could view ‘Simply Stroll Out’ tech

Are folks actually satisfied that it’s protected to simply seize and go from a cashierless Amazon Go retailer? Relies on who they’re, so far as “Saturday Night time Dwell” is worried.

The present had a go at Go comfort shops on Saturday evening in a faux industrial portraying how white and black consumers could view Amazon’s know-how a bit otherwise.

“At an Amazon Go retailer, you’ll be able to simply stroll in, seize what you need, put it in your bag and simply go,” a voiceover says.

“So I simply seize what I need and go away? Wow, that’s really easy,” one white shopper (Heidi Gardner) says within the spoof.

“Oh, so that you need me to simply take one thing and stroll out? Nah, son,” says a black shopper (Kenan Thompson), earlier than including, “Good attempt.”

Actress Zoë Kravitz (“The Batman,” “KIMI”) hosted “SNL” this weekend and seems within the spoof as a consumer who’s afraid to simply seize a bottle of kombucha and has her white boyfriend do it as an alternative.

When she exits the shop she maintain her arms up and screams, “I’m with him!”

The primary Amazon Go retailer opened in Seattle in January 2018. “Simply Stroll Out” refers back to the know-how that makes the shops truly go, with an array of overhead cameras and shelf sensors to trace what consumers are choosing up. The tech is now utilized in some bigger Amazon Recent and Complete Meals grocery shops in addition to locations akin to Seattle’s Local weather Pledge Area.