Retailers are pulling back from self-checkout after years of theft, errors, and questionable time savings

Have they tried adding AI? 3D printing? Quantum computing? Space based solar power?

I don’t think so but CVS and Walgreens installed digital cooler doors so you can see whats in stock before you open the door. Apparently you couldn’t do that before when the doors were 100% transparent glass that didn’t use extra electricity.