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> Booking a flight is actually task I cannot outsource to a human assistant, let alone AI.

Because there is no "correct" flight. Your preference changes as you discover information about what's available at a given time and price.

The helpful AI assistant would present you with options, you'd choose what you prefer, it would refine the options, and so on, until you make your final selection. There would be no communication lag as there would be with a human assistant. That sounds very doable to me.



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