Re:Basically no one is using AI agents for their DoorDash or...
by porridgeraisin on Thursday November 05, 2026 @09:09AM
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For purchases that are not frequent or async, any automation is fairly pointless.
E.g quick commerce. If I order groceries and a charger and it all shows up in 7 minutes, I will just order it and receive it synchronously, don't need an agent for that anymore than I need an agent to pick it up at my doorstep, that is to say, I don't need one.
Food is async (30+min), so it's useful. Most AI consumer users are young people, and many young people especially living in college, order out every single day, and mostly rotate the same ten options. So it becomes easy to automate. Wherever there is a pattern, you abstract. If it's a one off order for a gathering, sure an agent is pointless. I don't use it when I'm at home either and we order the rare dessert.
Anything which I need to replenish at a certain cadence, and is not available in quick commerce, e.g medicines, I absolutely have my agent order. Once every two weeks the same medicine shows up on my doorstep and I don't have to think about it anymore.
E.g quick commerce. If I order groceries and a charger and it all shows up in 7 minutes, I will just order it and receive it synchronously, don't need an agent for that anymore than I need an agent to pick it up at my doorstep, that is to say, I don't need one.
Food is async (30+min), so it's useful. Most AI consumer users are young people, and many young people especially living in college, order out every single day, and mostly rotate the same ten options. So it becomes easy to automate. Wherever there is a pattern, you abstract. If it's a one off order for a gathering, sure an agent is pointless. I don't use it when I'm at home either and we order the rare dessert.
Anything which I need to replenish at a certain cadence, and is not available in quick commerce, e.g medicines, I absolutely have my agent order. Once every two weeks the same medicine shows up on my doorstep and I don't have to think about it anymore.