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Re:Basically no one is using AI agents for their DoorDash or... by swyx on Thursday November 05, 2026 @03:36AM (#50376701)
> Agents are good for open ended problems which require stringing together lots of different data sources, which couldn’t be further from ordering food.

i feel like you were on the right path but arrived at the wrong conclusion. if you think you're right because the blocking factor is text, you arent paying attention

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Re:Basically no one is using AI agents for their DoorDash or... by joegibbs on Thursday November 05, 2026 @06:15AM (#50377818)
I don’t think it would be good UX with voice either. An agent could dynamically recreate something resembling the DoorDash UI which probably would work, but would lose out on the familiarity the user has with the actual doordash
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