Restaurant reservations, job applications, apartment viewing and whatnot. AI is ruining living.
Nope - I refuse to play the game. I’ll eat at home
Paywalled
Found a link to access it https://archive.is/bRToX
While the agent apps have been billed primarily as time-saving devices, some users have claimed more direct savings — and earnings — by instructing them to do things like cancel unwanted subscriptions, apply for refunds or renegotiate services to get cheaper rates. Multiple social media users say agents have successfully applied to states’ unclaimed property sites to retrieve funds owed to them
I’m taking that one away from the article. And how business don’t seem to appreciate the utility of those kind of agents.
… because reservations are based on how fast you can click?
I always imagined they were based on when a person decides they want a reservation, but that may be on me.
Omakase places and busy small restaurants sometimes do call ins at a set time. It’s a mad rush and an agent could certainly game this. It’s not a great reservation system anyway imo (favors the leisure class with time to make these calls).
What? Are the LLMs eating shitty Chinese food now?
Succulent Chinese meals!
I see that you know your judo well!
Google has had this forever. I’ve used it to make actual reservations. Now I wonder if it was people making the calls .
I’m a pretty good cook!
Agents are hungry? Ok.
