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by piva00 389 days ago
For speeding up chores it can be useful but removing the actual fun part of experiences, the research, the looking into, the figuring out, to instead only get the result of it sounds like a quick path into unfulfilling experiences.

But to be honest, I don't think it will get to the state you dream about, just like smart homes never got close and are more of a hassle than an actual life improvement. Unless it is almost 100% perfect it will error out in ways that are extremely annoying, ordering the wrong groceries, booking the wrong trip, etc. It's really hard to cross over the point where it's absolutely helpful without hiccups.
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vFunct 389 days ago
Yah I definitely want to be fulfilled by having to pick a health insurance plan or a car rental reservation.

Seriously, every little annoying thing in life is going to be automated, so you get to free yourself to do the things you really want to do.

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u8080 389 days ago
>things you really want to do

Like making music or drawing?

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piva00 389 days ago
> Yah I definitely want to be fulfilled by having to pick a health insurance plan or a car rental reservation.

Where did I not include "health insurance plan" as a chore, exactly? Do not strawman what I said, please.

My point was towards this:

> Or book my vacation for me, knowing I like a mediterranean vibe and Bistecco Florentine.

A lot of the fun I have with my vacation is doing the research, learning the place, finding about spots that aren't the beaten path to check out (including restaurants, cheap eats, bars, etc.). Automating that would remove the fun of figuring out what I want to see at the places I'm going to, it's a braindead way of vacationing, completely understand it's the case for some people but it's not at all fulfilling to me to have that designed by some digital parrot.

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signatoremo 389 days ago
You will still be able to do all of that, will you not? But if one would rather not to, they have the option.

If I’ve been to Paris a hundreds times, I don’t need to do any research, just want the same hotel or a comparable hotel in a comparable neighborhood to where I stayed in my last visit. That I can delegate to AI.

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