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1. fnordpiglet · 1790014340 · focus · HN ↗

   I ask this in every thread on muse / OpenClaw / whatever platform. I’ve never gotten a clear answer beyond “yeah me too”:

   Does anyone have any meaningful use cases that have actually improved your life in some measurable way?

   I’ve tried hard and beyond filling out some tedious forms in about the same time and energy as just doing it myself, I’ve not personally. I’ve tried hard. So I figure it’s probably my lack of creativity given the prevalence of fans. But every time I ask, I get no meaningful responses. So it makes me wonder if all the fans are just product managers on those products?

   1. strulovich · 1790014993 · focus · HN ↗

      - find piece to buy to repair an appliance

      - travel research for places where I need an apartment with requirements one cannot just filter for

      - gardening tips based on photos of my plants

      - financial planning (similar tips to what I would get for more money, without paying per hour until I know much more)

      - take photo of all physical spam and have me removed from the list

      and many more…

      If the access to this product went away I will survive, but it will be annoying and waste my time.

      1. fnordpiglet · 1790015246 · focus · HN ↗

         But aren’t all of these currently fully achievable with normal chat these days?

         1. sigmar · 1790024971 · focus · HN ↗

            Travel research is so much better with an asynchronous agent than with normal LLM chat. You can just let it hack away for an hour looking over options and browsing different websites.

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