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Let AI do the hard parts of your holiday shopping

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17 points ChrisArchitect | 1 comments | 13 Nov 25 17:36 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | 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. thewebguyd ◴[13 Nov 25 18:49 UTC] No.45918859[source]▶
Same here. I have just about everything I would want/need. Anything else is niche that I wouldn't want anyone else buying for me anyway (because they don't know enough about the hobby/I want to choose it myself), or far too expensive beyond what I'd be comfortable receiving as a gift from a loved one (Sure, I'd love a Pro Display XDR, no I'm not going to ask anyone to buy me a $5,000 monitor as a holiday gift).

Otherwise, my living and offices spaces are sparse and minimal, I already have all the art, decor, or knick-knacks I'd ever want or need, and I generally despise clutter.

I tell everyone, want to get me a gift? Let's go do something together. Let's go out to dinner, or go on a day hike, etc.