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I honestly cannot believe anyone would prefer this.
Profound co-founder James Cadwallader said consumer behaviour is reaching an “inflection point” where people may no longer visit ecommerce sites.
“AI [agents and chatbots] steal or hijack that consumer from the brand,” he said. “Eventually, the consumer will only interact with the ‘answer engine’, and agents will become the primary visitors for websites and the internet.”
There's no world where I want someone else -- even a human -- buying my stuff based on a conversation. I want to browse the (virtual) aisles myself. Feels like I must in the minority if this is really the way things are going.
61 sats \ 0 replies \ @freetx 1 Sep
I heard a podcast recently where they were discussing these sorts of usecases.
The main takeaway is that this is the case of very rich silicon valley developers trying to build solutions to problems that no one else has....specifically very rich developers pitching ideas (for funding) to mega wealthy investors and coming up with things like "Our AI bot can automatically make you reservations at restaurants....shop for your food, etc"
To me it sort of highlights a local top in the market. It is perhaps the industries dogfood.com moment.
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31 sats \ 1 reply \ @Scoresby 1 Sep
I feel this. I know some people who have groceries sent to their homes -- without even looking at the food first. This shocks me, but I suppose it's all steps down the same path here.
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Yeah, I'm fine with a shopper picking out a bag of Doritos, but veggies and meat? Not trusting anyone (my wife included) with that.
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31 sats \ 0 replies \ @Oxy 1 Sep
Half the fun of shopping is the discovery process. I don't want an AI deciding what I need based on some algorithm
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I think that quote is coming from a very tech-centric bubble and ignores the human element of shopping. For many things, the browsing is the whole point.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @OT 1 Sep
I think the experience would be good. The LLM will present pictures or videos for you to compare.
Ultimately I also wouldn't want this. Mainly because I'd be skeptical that there would be hidden advertising/marketing leading me into a purchase.
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32 sats \ 1 reply \ @freetx 1 Sep
Mainly because I'd be skeptical that there would be hidden advertising/marketing leading me into a purchase.
Eventually 100% certain that "sponsored placements" would happen in AI training data. Wouldn't be surprised if its not already happening.
AI will be the best ad salesman ever created, because it will literally guide you to ask for the product.
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I used capital letters today with ChatGPT: STOP ASKING ME QUESTIONS AT THE END OF YOUR RESPONSE
it said: acknowledged, will do...
Then 2 minutes later it ended a response with a question
Then I wrote: STOP ASKING ME QUESTIONS AT THE END OF YOUR RESPONSE, DO YOU FUCKING UNDERSTAND?
And then I repeated the above answer 10 times in caps
and the coup de gras was: Stop asking me more fucking questions? Do you fucking understand? I don't think you understand, it's fucking annoying
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