Basically no one is using AI agents for their DoorDash orders

Re:Basically no one is using AI agents for their DoorDash or... by 233mhz on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @04:55PM (#50372101)

I called my dentist because I was sick and wanted to move my appointment. You can't talk to a human anymore, it's all ai, after a bit of back and forth it assured me it had canceled my appointment and booked a new one 2 days later. I was actually surprised it went so well

The next day I get an email at 7pm telling my appointment was successfully rescheduled for 1pm (the same day), none of these match either my og appointment nor the rescheduled one

When I went to the dentist for the appointment the ai assistant supposedly rebooked, they told me there was a mistake and I was assigned a kids dentist.

In the end I had to rebook a third appointment with the receptionist

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Re:Basically no one is using AI agents for their DoorDash or... by lelanthran on Thursday November 05, 2026 @02:04AM (#50376059)

Dentists are plentiful and none of them really know what they are doing (see recent experiment posted here on HN that has The data to support this asserrion).

I switch at the slightest sign of friction.

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Re:Basically no one is using AI agents for their DoorDash or... by rsynnott on Friday November 06, 2026 @06:19AM (#50390971)

I had this a while ago; had to actually physically go to the dentist to move my appointment (with the receptionist, who used to answer the phone). Absolutely ridiculous. Particularly as, if they actually want to automate this, well, _calendar software has existed for decades_. No need to use AI bullshit.

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