Aequitas@feddit.org to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoPhoebe Gates wants her $185 million AI startup to succeed with 'no ties to my privilege or my last name': 'I have a chip on my shoulder' | Fortunefortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square131fedilinkarrow-up1422arrow-down120
arrow-up1402arrow-down1external-linkPhoebe Gates wants her $185 million AI startup to succeed with 'no ties to my privilege or my last name': 'I have a chip on my shoulder' | Fortunefortune.comAequitas@feddit.org to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square131fedilink
minus-squareFlexibleToast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down8·2 days agoI think there is a huge market for an AI agent that will shop for the best deals for you. They could check for coupons, discount codes, etc…
minus-squarejve@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·edit-22 days agoThere are already browser extensions that do this. They are notorious for intercepting connections, adding their own referral links, tracking users and other badness. https://www.theverge.com/24343913/paypal-honey-megalag-coupon-scam-affiliate-fees Surely the AI version will be better…. …
minus-squarechaogomu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·2 days agoAnd then the AI will just make up the discounts and coupon codes. What you really want is a simple, tuned search engine, like we’ve had for 30 years. Not generated content.
minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoIn the two days before it gets undermined by entrenched interests, yeah could be neat.
minus-squaresmiletolerantly@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoPlease tell me this is a satirical nod towards Honey & Co.
I think there is a huge market for an AI agent that will shop for the best deals for you. They could check for coupons, discount codes, etc…
There are already browser extensions that do this.
They are notorious for intercepting connections, adding their own referral links, tracking users and other badness.
https://www.theverge.com/24343913/paypal-honey-megalag-coupon-scam-affiliate-fees
Surely the AI version will be better…. …
And then the AI will just make up the discounts and coupon codes. What you really want is a simple, tuned search engine, like we’ve had for 30 years. Not generated content.
In the two days before it gets undermined by entrenched interests, yeah could be neat.
Please tell me this is a satirical nod towards Honey & Co.