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I feel like we'd be better off if we just stopped at chatbots...why are we so eager to make the internet even more botted

seattle_spring 2mo ago
Yeah I'm a bit baffled too... the world is so, so much worse now because of AI. More scams/spam, lower quality software everywhere, development is no longer fun, many interactions with coworkers are just "have my people talk to your people" behind the scenes, except it's "have my LLM read the huge document your LLM generated". Every business is trying to cut corners by using AI, so customer service sucks, products suck, prices are optimized to be the absolute maximum people will pay regardless of the actual value being provided (including food)...
- squibonpig 2mo ago
  That's not AI it's just capitalism
redox99 2mo ago
The internet sucks. Yesterday, I had my agent search for openings for The Odyssey that fit my requirements and then book them. It was way better than manually looking at seat maps for 20 different showtimes and going through 10 steps just to buy the tickets.
- werdnapk 2mo ago
  So why didn't you just do it manually? Why use an agent in the first place?
  - throw-the-towel 2mo ago
    Because doing it manually sucks? Every website shoves a different bunch of dark patterns in your face, everything is buggy, nobody ever thinks about UX.
  - Gareth321 2mo ago
    Poor UX. The internet used to be designed around ease of use. Now it's dark patterns, advertising, nag windows, and "engagement." Retailers don't offer a way to aggregate info easily, so it means wading through piles of shit to find relevant information. Bots can eliminate all the shitty parts about using the internet. That's a big time saver, but it's also a big headache saver.
  - theshrike79 2mo ago
    The monopoly movie chain in my country "updated" their pages to be "better". Now it's so bad that some chad created their own overlay for the site where you can actually see all the showtimes for a specific movie on a single page instead of having to click through 42 different showings one by one.
- mrguyorama 2mo ago
  This is functionality currently built into Google search. I google "The Odyssey Showtimes" and it shows me when it's playing at all local theaters. Then I can just pick which time works for me. I have never in my life had a theater be sold out when it's not an opening night or weekend for extremely big films. Is this something you actually tried to approach before LLMs?
  - redox99 2mo ago
    They weren't sold out, they had bad seats or didn't have 4 contiguous ones.

seattle_spring 2mo ago

Yeah I'm a bit baffled too... the world is so, so much worse now because of AI. More scams/spam, lower quality software everywhere, development is no longer fun, many interactions with coworkers are just "have my people talk to your people" behind the scenes, except it's "have my LLM read the huge document your LLM generated". Every business is trying to cut corners by using AI, so customer service sucks, products suck, prices are optimized to be the absolute maximum people will pay regardless of the actual value being provided (including food)...

squibonpig 2mo ago
That's not AI it's just capitalism

redox99 2mo ago

The internet sucks. Yesterday, I had my agent search for openings for The Odyssey that fit my requirements and then book them. It was way better than manually looking at seat maps for 20 different showtimes and going through 10 steps just to buy the tickets.

werdnapk 2mo ago
So why didn't you just do it manually? Why use an agent in the first place?
- throw-the-towel 2mo ago
  Because doing it manually sucks? Every website shoves a different bunch of dark patterns in your face, everything is buggy, nobody ever thinks about UX.
- Gareth321 2mo ago
  Poor UX. The internet used to be designed around ease of use. Now it's dark patterns, advertising, nag windows, and "engagement." Retailers don't offer a way to aggregate info easily, so it means wading through piles of shit to find relevant information. Bots can eliminate all the shitty parts about using the internet. That's a big time saver, but it's also a big headache saver.
- theshrike79 2mo ago
  The monopoly movie chain in my country "updated" their pages to be "better". Now it's so bad that some chad created their own overlay for the site where you can actually see all the showtimes for a specific movie on a single page instead of having to click through 42 different showings one by one.
mrguyorama 2mo ago
This is functionality currently built into Google search. I google "The Odyssey Showtimes" and it shows me when it's playing at all local theaters. Then I can just pick which time works for me. I have never in my life had a theater be sold out when it's not an opening night or weekend for extremely big films. Is this something you actually tried to approach before LLMs?
- redox99 2mo ago
  They weren't sold out, they had bad seats or didn't have 4 contiguous ones.