What's the steelman for AI shopping assistants actually picking the best product?
Afinetheorem · x · 2026-10-13
Afinetheorem asks for the steelman of "AI will understand which product in category X is best for buyer Y" rather than just echoing popular search tokens: the AI never uses the drill on a job site. He speculates manipulation may be hard, or AI may get better at weighing credible sources. Open discussion, no conclusions.
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