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Re:United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights on be... by fcarraldo on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @10:57PM (#50462913)
Is it wrong? Let’s just rename it “algorithms”.

They are using algorithms to extract the highest price from you.

You can use algorithms to extract the lowest price from them.

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Re:United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights on be... by slg on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @11:53PM (#50463203)
Why stop at algorithms? Why not computers, electricity, or math? Some connections can be so loose as to be meaningless which makes attempts to establish them pointless or even potentially counterproductive.
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Re:United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights on be... by mitxela on Thursday November 12, 2026 @02:10AM (#50464008)
Yes, they use all that to make you pay more, and you can use all that to pay less.

Capitalism is based on the premise that everyone will be as greedy as possible

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