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763 points easton | 11 comments | 21 Oct 25 17:18 UTC | HN request time: 0.558s | source | bottom
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gh0stcat ◴[21 Oct 25 17:37 UTC] No.45658814[source]▶
The thing I find the most funny about all of these demos is they outsource tasks that are pretty meaningful ... choosing where to hike, learning more about the world around you, instead, you'll be told what to do and live in blissful ignorance. The challenge of living life is also the joy, at least to me. Plus I would never trust a company like openai with all of my personal information. This is definitely just them wanting greater and greater control and data from their users.
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1. infecto ◴[21 Oct 25 19:33 UTC] No.45660574[source]▶
Did we watch the same demo. Maybe I skipped over those parts. It nailed one of my immediate needs. Grocery shopping. I really don’t want to waste time adding items to my Walmart shopping cart for pickup or delivery. I want to send a bunch of recipe videos, get back a book of my version of how to format a recipe and also a cart full for me to click purchase. They nailed this.
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2. miltonlost ◴[21 Oct 25 19:36 UTC] No.45660612[source]▶
Until you look at the demo video and they put $12 worth of green onions in the shopping bag because chatgpt thought 6 green onions == 6 bunches of green onions
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3. infecto ◴[21 Oct 25 19:38 UTC] No.45660632[source]▶
Saw that and still not a concern here. Quicker to refine than it is to work through the whole list.
4. tolmasky ◴[21 Oct 25 20:23 UTC] No.45661206[source]▶
If this ever gets popular then sellers will “optimize” their product listings to exploit the LLM (a “soft” prompt injection if you will). This will definitely be the case in marketplaces (like Amazon and Walmart). It’ll turn the old boring task of shopping into a fun puzzle to spot the decoy item or overpriced product.
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5. hollowturtle ◴[21 Oct 25 20:24 UTC] No.45661214[source]▶
I'm Italian, I love cooking in my free time, it's also part of our culture. I honestly can't figure out what's stressfull and time wasting shopping for groceries, I often get lost inside the smell of vegetables, pickin the right one, looking for the right color, even optimizing for cost and less waste. I find it so relaxing and like a zen experience
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6. basisword ◴[21 Oct 25 21:03 UTC] No.45661681[source]▶
If I were to start smelling vegetables in the local supermarket I'd be escorted out. I also hate cooking and hate shopping. I generally order the same items, order them online in 5 mins, and have them delivered.
7. basisword ◴[21 Oct 25 21:04 UTC] No.45661691[source]▶
The guy did say "it could just checkout if you ask it too, but I prefer to review it first myself". Reviewing a list is much quicker than doing the whole shop provided it's 90% accurate. In the case you mention you click the minus button 5 times.
8. Kiro ◴[21 Oct 25 21:05 UTC] No.45661703[source]▶
I can't relate at all. I also hate just deciding on dishes. Subscribing to weekly meal kits is one of the best things I've done. I don't need to plan any meals and I only need to shop for basic stuff. I also cook way more varied recipes that I would otherwise never even think of.
9. sph ◴[22 Oct 25 05:18 UTC] No.45665132[source]▶
I’m Italian, I love eating, I hate cooking with a passion so much so that if I ever become a millionaire, my first expense is hiring a personal chef.

YMMV.

10. infecto ◴[22 Oct 25 11:57 UTC] No.45667732[source]▶
Time is money and picking out ingredients is incredibly low return on my time. I love grocery shopping, going to HEB or Central Market or other boutique store. I don’t want to do it every week multiple times a day though. I am sure some of this is cultural and what type of stores are available.

Nobody said it was stressful, it’s simply a huge chunk of time gone, would much rather spend it with family or doing the cooking itself. Go to any grocery store in America, even if you have a specific list it’s takes a good chunk of time. Why would I want to spend it smelling the veggies. I am sure you could probably get a slightly better taste or quality but I imagine on average it’s minimal. Everyone is different though. I cook a lot, have worked in kitchens, but with kids and a job, I have little interest in being selective on a daily basis. I can simply spend 5 mins, add a list of items to order, get it delivered and have saved probably a good hour in total.

11. infecto ◴[22 Oct 25 14:32 UTC] No.45669716[source]▶
It could happen but I am not building an Amazon shopping list. It’s about building a list from a physical store that will get delivered to me in a few hours. This is for shopping through a retailer, not the market place.

I do think it’s a concern but I think it’s no different than the exact problem that exists today in these marketplace operations like Amazon. I know for me I will actually split my shopping up and often shop less with an Amazon and more with a Walmart because of it.