Meta's AI agent is a cute little guy who's great at spending my money
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TL;DR
- Meta's AI agent, Muse (nicknamed Marley), was tested on personal to-do list items.
- Marley successfully followed up on a landscaper's bid and initiated requests for a junk removal service.
- The AI was mostly successful in ordering a replacement part for an espresso machine, requiring user completion of the order.
- Marley could not fully downgrade a security system account as it required a phone call, a feature reportedly in development.
- The AI was effective in shopping for camping gear, even when blocked by Amazon, finding items on other sites.
- Providing credit card information to Marley made online purchasing dangerously easy and quick.
- The author expresses unease about the amount of personal information shared with Meta and the potential for AI to create more tasks rather than reduce them.
- The article questions the ultimate benefit of AI agents if the freed-up time is not used productively.