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Why would anyone use an AI trip planner? If I go for a vacation, planning it and deciding what not to plan is a part of the joy of doing it. Though a big probl

by chvid 2y ago

Why would anyone use an AI trip planner? If I go for a vacation, planning it and deciding what not to plan is a part of the joy of doing it. Though a big problem at the moment is manipulation of online reviews and recommendations; and as far as I can tell AI is making that worse.

theshackleford 2y ago
> Why would anyone use an AI trip planner? Because not everyone will enjoy what you do? It’s not some secret, I still know people who use travel agents for the same reason, others still who stick to cruising precisely because they dont want to think or plan, they just want to do. Mystery solved.
eloisius 2y ago
Everything should be a curated feed of slop. Even your travels.
- senko 2y ago
  This pretty much describes most of mainstream media and news pre-AI as well.
deadbabe 2y ago
Planning a trip is not at all fun unless you’re doing something very basic.
kolinko 2y ago
I like planning as well (although many people don’t), but I still miss a ton of stuff that chatgpt’s Deep Research can find.
ghxst 2y ago
From my experience, there are tons of interesting places in my country that hardly get talked about online outside of my native language. You won’t really find them on the SEO-boosted travel blogs that google likes to return either. I feel like this is where AI could actually be useful.
- cyberlurker 2y ago
  But… isn’t the AI going to parrot those travel blogs?
  - ghxst 2y ago
    That's up to the engineers of said AI, if you goal is to have an AI that doesn't do that then you have multiple ways to achieve that goal.
- akdev1l 2y ago
  If it’s not talked about much, it won’t be in the training dataset much
  - ghxst 2y ago
    From what I’ve seen, AI can do a solid job of bridging language gaps—though it depends on how it’s set up. The data exists, but it’s often buried in native-language sources. By focusing on local content, like newspapers and forum discussions you can shape a dataset that pulls in more authentic, region-specific data.
jjj123 2y ago
I despise planning. I put it off until the last minute and usually have no plans as a result. I’m mostly okay with that, but could see AI planning filling that gap for me and would make it easier for me to schedule more complex trips across multiple countries.

by chvid 2y ago

theshackleford 2y ago

> Why would anyone use an AI trip planner? Because not everyone will enjoy what you do? It’s not some secret, I still know people who use travel agents for the same reason, others still who stick to cruising precisely because they dont want to think or plan, they just want to do. Mystery solved.

eloisius 2y ago

Everything should be a curated feed of slop. Even your travels.

senko 2y ago
This pretty much describes most of mainstream media and news pre-AI as well.

deadbabe 2y ago

Planning a trip is not at all fun unless you’re doing something very basic.

kolinko 2y ago

I like planning as well (although many people don’t), but I still miss a ton of stuff that chatgpt’s Deep Research can find.

ghxst 2y ago

From my experience, there are tons of interesting places in my country that hardly get talked about online outside of my native language. You won’t really find them on the SEO-boosted travel blogs that google likes to return either. I feel like this is where AI could actually be useful.

cyberlurker 2y ago
But… isn’t the AI going to parrot those travel blogs?
- ghxst 2y ago
  That's up to the engineers of said AI, if you goal is to have an AI that doesn't do that then you have multiple ways to achieve that goal.
akdev1l 2y ago
If it’s not talked about much, it won’t be in the training dataset much
- ghxst 2y ago
  From what I’ve seen, AI can do a solid job of bridging language gaps—though it depends on how it’s set up. The data exists, but it’s often buried in native-language sources. By focusing on local content, like newspapers and forum discussions you can shape a dataset that pulls in more authentic, region-specific data.

jjj123 2y ago

I despise planning. I put it off until the last minute and usually have no plans as a result. I’m mostly okay with that, but could see AI planning filling that gap for me and would make it easier for me to schedule more complex trips across multiple countries.