Retired user questions real-world demand for personal AI agents
A retired user asks whether anyone outside developer coding agents actually uses Grok Bot or Meta Muse to automate daily life, saying he prefers handling email, calendar and bills himself.
I have a serious question about AI. Beyond developers using coding agents, are people using agentic AI like Grokbot or Meta Muse to automate parts of their personal lives? Now that I'm retired, I honestly can't think of anything I want to automate in my life. I'm perfectly happy to read my email, keep my calendar, maintain a shopping list, and browse the Internet on my own. Some people say it will help me save money by eliminating subscriptions I don't use. Really? Maybe I'm more detail-oriented than most, but I've always done this myself because I hate wasting money. As for paying bills, I don't need much automation beyond what banks offer already, and that's been around for 10+ years before agentic AI. I ask because I saw a pundit claim that agentic AI is growing faster than smartphones did 15 years ago. But aside from uber nerds who want to tinker with agentic AI for tinkering's sake, I don't see the Joe Sixpacks of the world adopting agentic AI nearly as fast as they did smartphones. However, if I'm wrong, please correct me. Perhaps some valuable and fascinating aspect of agentic AI is escaping me. BTW, I'm not saying agentic AI is useless. I clearly see how it can automate business processes, but I separate that use from what everyday people might use it for.