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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: 0.204s | 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. csomar ◴[01 Apr 25 02:52 UTC] No.43542337[source]▶
It is not that you can't outsource it, but there are so many variables that once you finished explaining them to the assistant (human or AI) you'd be better off doing it yourself. A human assistant only makes sense if he/she is your everything assistant and has knowledge about your work schedule, life, kids, financials, etc...