There was a startup that did this in the mid 2010s named Magic, but was just via SMS. I used it a few times to get random things done, and it was really useful when it was cheap, then it became mega expensive.

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steezeburger 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I don't quite get how that would work. They were completing tasks to train models but via sms? Can you elaborate?

	▲	kotaKat an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		There's two seperate things DoorDash seems to be doing: "Tasks" in the physical world (taking photos of inventory on shelves, closing Waymo doors), and then some seperate app for training AI models. As for Magic, they were an SMS-based virtual assistant. They still exist today. They went downhill. https://getmagic.com/ See also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34148402
	▲	fragmede 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/magic It is a VA firm.

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