I certainly don’t want AI to buy groceries for me while I’m “busy” doing something else.

adrianmonk 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

I wouldn't mind help with grocery orders. I like to check which apples are on special and maybe buy a different variety from normal depending on the price.

My grocery store makes this really tedious because they don't have a feature to sort by price per pound. So I have a stupid ritual where I ctrl-F "($0." and repeatedly ctrl-G to see all the apples under $1/pound. Then I do it again with ctrl-F "($1." to see the ones in the $1-$2/pound price range. And there are several other products with similar annoying processes.

If an AI could just do that for me, it would save me time. I don't actually think present-day AI would do it reliably enough, but the concept sounds fine.

	▲	robofanatic 2 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I wonder how the economics will work for this? How will the AI service providers make money off of it?
	▲	reaperducer a day ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		My grocery store makes this really tedious because they don't have a feature to sort by price per pound. So I have a stupid ritual where I ctrl-F "($0." and repeatedly ctrl-G to see all the apples under $1/pound. Then I do it again with ctrl-F "($1." to see the ones in the $1-$2/pound price range. And there are several other products with similar annoying processes. If an AI could just do that for me, it would save me time. I just look at the flyers that come in the Sunday newspaper. Problem solved in under 30 seconds with near-zero effort. Cheaper than an AI subscription, too.

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smileysteve 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

It's like using Alexa to shop, or when an Amazon ad comes on it and saves to the cart, only your order has a delivery cost and it's perishable

	▲	reaperducer a day ago \| parent [-]
		Reminds me of the one-button Amazon magnets that you'd stick to the refrigerator. Press the "Gatorade" button, and Gatorade shows up at the front door the next day. Except that it might cost you $2.49, or it might cost $12.88. There was no way of knowing beforehand. (Those things were awesome tech, BTW. You'd program it with your phone via the equivalent of an acoustic modem.)