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AI agents: Less capability, more reliability, please

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423 points serjester | 1 comments | 31 Mar 25 14:45 UTC | HN request time: 0.449s | source
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wiradikusuma ◴[31 Mar 25 15:28 UTC] No.43536155[source]▶
Booking a flight is actually task I cannot outsource to a human assistant, let alone AI. Maybe it's a third-world problem or just me being cheap, but there are heuristics involved when booking flights for a family trip or even just for myself.

Check the official website, compare pricing with aggregator, check other dates, check people's availability on cheap dates. Sometimes I only do the first step if the official price is reasonable (I travel 1-2x a month, so I have expectation "how much it should cost").

Don't get me started if I also consider which credit card to use for the points rewards.

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1. pton_xd ◴[31 Mar 25 20:39 UTC] No.43539691[source]▶
> Booking a flight is actually task I cannot outsource to a human assistant, let alone AI.

Because there is no "correct" flight. Your preference changes as you discover information about what's available at a given time and price.

The helpful AI assistant would present you with options, you'd choose what you prefer, it would refine the options, and so on, until you make your final selection. There would be no communication lag as there would be with a human assistant. That sounds very doable to me.