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Let AI do the hard parts of your holiday shopping

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17 points ChrisArchitect | 2 comments | 13 Nov 25 17:36 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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alsetmusic ◴[13 Nov 25 18:16 UTC] No.45918411[source]▶
I already told my loved ones to stop getting me gifts for my bday / holidays a few years ago. I have everything I want that wouldn't be obscenely expensive and in poor taste to request. Whatever people got me ended up on a shelf or in a drawer and was just a waste (with a couple of rare exceptions when someone made / crafted me a gift, and then it's really wonderful).

I can't imagine how useless an unthinking AI would be at this when my own family and friends who, and this is important, _know me_, can't find anything to get me that doesn't land in the above categories. I wouldn't have expected gifts to be a source of AI resource waste, but I must not be very imaginative.

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1. foobarian ◴[13 Nov 25 18:35 UTC] No.45918656[source]▶
I just train my family/potential gift givers to only consider consumables. That takes care of the clutter problem.
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2. parpfish ◴[13 Nov 25 18:54 UTC] No.45918929[source]▶
consumables are the way to go. as a receiver there's no long-term clutter or obligations.

and depending on the type of consumable, there's the possible of getting to share/partake in it with the gift-giver and you've turned your consumable-gift into a no-obligation experience which is another nice type of clutter-free gift.