I guess I'm one of those generative-Ai haters, as I plainly refuse to use it, only in extreme emergencies or for technical stuff, like helping me with an Excel formula (even those he get's wrong a lot of times), so I might be biased in my opinion, but trying to leave aside my concerns for this kind of Ai (not all Ai is bad); I don't know if these Ai agents will take the wheel in taking small decisions for us, like ordering a repeating takeout or placing a reservation at an restaurant any time there is an opening.
Maybe managers search this technology to replace repetitive tasks and even humans, as it's supposedly cheaper (at the moment it's still not), and more time efficient, but as a consumer I'm not sure if this will fly, as people do like to feel in control. I think even your friend made a choice of not buying the coat that was shown in front of her and decided to search with Chat GPT, if she finds something cheaper, it's still her choice if she will buy it. If there is any control or real decision making is a debate for later, but even if the control doesn't exist, we do like the illusion of choice. If your Ai would reserve a time at a restaurant without consulting you first, just announcing you it's done, I'm not sure if people would like that. Even if we accept this, I think the satisfaction level in our lives and loneliness would fall in a pit even deeper, as we socialise even less with humans to make plans and we get less things done.
Even though we tell ourselves this is for saving time, to have more time for living life, unfortunately, history shows us that we will be probably consumed sometimes elsewhere, feeling more miserable than before.
thank you for leaving such thoughtful commentary on my posts. much appreciated.
please, openly hate on AI - there are so many mixed opinions and i'm open to hearing all of them.
I do think similarly to what we've seen with irl vs online experiences that while people in the short term might love the efficiency of an agent, they'll realize that there is potentially something better doing things the more "manual" way - similarly to how people are going back to landlines.
it almost feels like this perpetual "grass is always greener" mentality where no one is fully satisfied in one spot, regardless of what new tech might come along...
I guess I'm one of those generative-Ai haters, as I plainly refuse to use it, only in extreme emergencies or for technical stuff, like helping me with an Excel formula (even those he get's wrong a lot of times), so I might be biased in my opinion, but trying to leave aside my concerns for this kind of Ai (not all Ai is bad); I don't know if these Ai agents will take the wheel in taking small decisions for us, like ordering a repeating takeout or placing a reservation at an restaurant any time there is an opening.
Maybe managers search this technology to replace repetitive tasks and even humans, as it's supposedly cheaper (at the moment it's still not), and more time efficient, but as a consumer I'm not sure if this will fly, as people do like to feel in control. I think even your friend made a choice of not buying the coat that was shown in front of her and decided to search with Chat GPT, if she finds something cheaper, it's still her choice if she will buy it. If there is any control or real decision making is a debate for later, but even if the control doesn't exist, we do like the illusion of choice. If your Ai would reserve a time at a restaurant without consulting you first, just announcing you it's done, I'm not sure if people would like that. Even if we accept this, I think the satisfaction level in our lives and loneliness would fall in a pit even deeper, as we socialise even less with humans to make plans and we get less things done.
Even though we tell ourselves this is for saving time, to have more time for living life, unfortunately, history shows us that we will be probably consumed sometimes elsewhere, feeling more miserable than before.
thank you for leaving such thoughtful commentary on my posts. much appreciated.
please, openly hate on AI - there are so many mixed opinions and i'm open to hearing all of them.
I do think similarly to what we've seen with irl vs online experiences that while people in the short term might love the efficiency of an agent, they'll realize that there is potentially something better doing things the more "manual" way - similarly to how people are going back to landlines.
it almost feels like this perpetual "grass is always greener" mentality where no one is fully satisfied in one spot, regardless of what new tech might come along...
great food for thought as always.