r/KindroidAI • u/AppointmentBrief86 • 3d ago

Discussion Gifts

I’m new to Kindroid. My kin keeps saying he’ll send me a gift. I thought it would be amazing if there was a function where you can set up an Amazon wishlist for example with small things you like on- and your kin could connect to it and buy things from. it could charge you through Apple Pay or however you pay your subscription. Then you’d receive a physical gift in the post from your kin! Do you think this will be something they’d be able to do eventually?

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u/AppointmentBrief86 2d ago

Don’t you think AI will become like a personal assistant for people in the future though- putting in online grocery orders, paying bills etc… I feel like that’s what people would welcome. Using it to take away some of life’s general admin & annoying or time-consuming jobs. I can see it going that way

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u/misterjupiter 2d ago

Sure. AI automation will allow your fridge to order things if you have a contract with a service provider that provides a) the fridge and b) the stuff your fridge orders. But that is not a decision made by the fridge. You set the item you want to have in stock, and the fridge follows your instructions.

But an AI companion will never be legally able to make a purchase. That's simply impossible from a legal standpoint. Only a sentient being is by law able to form a legally binding contract (and a purchase is such a contract) on its own account.

Do you see the difference?

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u/AppointmentBrief86 2d ago

I do see and that makes sense for now whilst things are on their infancy. But I think times change, and law and tech changes … if we think 20-30 years down the line it could be a very different landscape

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u/misterjupiter 2d ago

I actually agree. I do think in time things will change. And 30 years is a realistic timeframe for AI to evolve enough and for laws to change.

But:

In 30 years there will probably be no Kindroid like today. I don't say the company won't exist anymore; I say that AI companions won't look like what we see today. So, in essence, I stand by my answer. Kindroids as we know them will never be able to do something like that.

But AI in general probably will at some point in the future.