A few weeks ago, my health insurance company screwed something up and sent me a bill for the wrong amount. It wasn't life-shattering or anything like that, but it did necessitate several hours of waiting on hold, being told I needed to speak to another department, waiting on hold more, repeating the same data over and over, and slowly losing faith in humanity. When it was finally resolved, the cost of the time I spent was almost as much as the cost of the mistaken bill.
There really and truly has to be a better way to live, and AI and avatars can be a step towards a solution. At a talk I gave at the University of Michigan a few weeks ago, I presented the idea of a small language model -- basically, you consent to the model pulling from your own data to create an avatar. This avatar can then do all the work you don't want to do while you enjoy your life.
For instance, your avatar can do all those initial sales meetings that turn out to be a time sink nine out of ten times. In the case where the meeting is useful, it will alert the humans and connect them, and screen out all the bad fits. It will make all those mundane calls to the credit card company and the salon to fix mistakes and make appointments. In a dream world, it could even be sent out to deal with your boring relatives ("oh, your kid is potty-training? Sounds fascinating...") while you spend time with people you actually like.
There are, of course, downsides as these bots could be programmed to spread misinformation and lies -- but that's really not all that different from the current state of Twitter. And while some jobs would be lost, others would be gained, and people would be able to get back time to focus on things they are actually good at and enjoy.
If you're interested in learning more about this, drop me a line.