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Re:Basically no one is using AI agents for their DoorDash or... by alex0015 on Thursday November 05, 2026 @03:06AM (#50376466)
I think you're just in your own bubble of how people use technology. I hate typing and looking at a screen while in motion. I can absolutely imagine myself using voice mode at home saying "I need a ride to X destination, leaving home within 30 minutes, just me in the car, check Uber Lyft and Waymo and book the cheapest one."

I don't have any kind of agent set up to do that now, but to me that sounds like removed friction even if I use it just a few times a year.

I constantly use the Ask AI thing in Google maps to tell it a complex route involving biking and transit and needing to be at a certain place at a certain time. It hasn't messed up on me yet. I would much rather specify the question in natural language than type anything into a rule based UI. In fact I built a toy app years ago that handled a few of my most common queries with the Maps API and I still never used it because of the friction.

Re:Basically no one is using AI agents for their DoorDash or... by jpardoe on Thursday November 05, 2026 @03:20AM (#50376569)
We’ll see.
Re:Basically no one is using AI agents for their DoorDash or... by HWR_14 on Thursday November 05, 2026 @05:59AM (#50377709)
Siri has been able to book you a ride share since iOS 18 without needing an LLM. Generic speech recognition is fine for what you need.
Re:Basically no one is using AI agents for their DoorDash or... by vanuatu on Thursday November 05, 2026 @10:56AM (#50380731)
have you used Siri vs. the new crop of personal ai assistants?

siri is horrific

Re:Basically no one is using AI agents for their DoorDash or... by HWR_14 on Thursday November 05, 2026 @11:35PM (#50388255)
You may think Siri is horrific, but it can do what the poster is asking for at less cost than an LLM.