Even worse, I will only know if the booking is "right" or "wrong" if I look at the alternatives, to see that it really is the best flight. The best value of "A

Even worse, I will only know if the booking is "right" or "wrong" if I look at the alternatives, to see that it really is the best flight. The best value of "AI" there is making a shortlist of best alternatives, which is just a Google Flights UX improvement. It's not like your own little agent would have good enough access to the underlying data, gatekeeping that is worth money.