In an experiment, journalist Kashmir Hill let AI chatbots and tools make daily decisions for her for one week, as described in The New York Times. The generative AI systems saved time by quickly offering advice on meals, clothing, activities, and more, but their choices seemed to favor blandness and statistical averages over individuality.
While AI provided decent, efficient suggestions without major errors, Hill found the experience inauthentic at times, with the AI struggling to truly capture her voice and style. At the end of the week, she was happy to regain agency over her life, seeing the potential of AI for certain tasks but recognizing its current limitations and the value of human creativity and spontaneity.