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So, we're just adding AI shit everywhere just because now? Is this some kind of "me too" game that corporations are playing? The amount of times in the past 4 years I have needed an AI to help me out with anything at all has been exactly zero, unless you count making stupid images on Bing for shits and giggles.
Businesses run on Investor/Shareholder dreams, and they dream about the next newest bullshit to make money. Thats why Crypto and Blockchain got so big a few years ago.
Grocery stores are always trying new things hoping it'll be the next big thing, but usually it doesn't catch on.
When I was a kid back in the 1980s and '90s, they would add a small digital calculator to the handle of the shopping cart to help people figure out how much they were spending. It wasn't useful to people, so it disappeared.
Then they used to have the live lobster tank back in the deli. Turns out, most people don't want to buy live lobster at a budget grocery store in a working class neighborhood.
Then around 2000, stores started expanding significantly to become a One-Stop shop. Bragging that you could buy a pair of shoes and fresh produce all in one place. It sounded kind of stupid, but it caught on in a huge way! Walmart have been the best at implementing this model, but others like Fred Meyer did it first.
Then they started to implement the curbside pickup. Which was totally dead and nobody used it in an absolute failure..... Until the pandemic hit, and a bunch of people tried it, and realized they liked it.
So the next thing? Sounds like goofing around with AI in their app. Will it be useful? Guess we'll have to wait and see.
Damn kids and their skateboards
AIs like these have only been available for less than a year, so I'm not sure why you used a four-year timeframe.
If these AIs aren't useful to you then don't use them. It's not unreasonable to be exploring these options, though, since these AIs are a new capability. It makes sense to experiment with new capabilities to see whether they can make things easier.