I think given the choice, most people would delegate their decision making around what they eat to AI.

Post-COVID, I’ve consciously done things to simplify my life.

This often means automation of repetitive tasks, but this could also be extended to automation of repetitive decisions. Cutting grass, vacuuming, etc.

I saw this work by Barbara Iweins and it really got me thinking about how we live today.

https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/barbara-iweins-katalog-photography-220620

We make problems for ourselves that we don’t want. We are hostages to environments that we create unthinkingly (our homes).

Idea 1: Automate your wardrobe. It would take me about half a day to list all the clothes I own in a database. Thereafter my phone could check my calendar and the weather and make suggestions of 2-3 outfits that rotate my wardrobe. I can have a two way conversation with this thing (conversations too mundane to share with another human) and it could probably even tell me if I need a new coat. There is huge runway with this in terms of tech and features and it could really capture a huge market selling clothes via the service. Laundry should also be fully automated by now. I should be able to dump worn clothes in a big hopper and collect fresh pressed clothes from somewhere else. I feel like I’m trapped in the past every time I have to iron a shirt or hang a wet towel.

Idea 2: Automate your fridge. This has been done, I think? But then I’m not so sure. My fridge should be able to handle all the nutrition decisions that I have to make. This could reduce diabetes, obesity, etc. People end up with bad diets not by choice but by ignorance. The AI should be able to gradually steer a person to healthier foods and portion sizes whilst also minimising waste. Why isn’t this the norm?

My brain probably uses about 500 calories per day, and I am guessing that maybe 1-200 calories are spent navigating truly repetitive tasks and decisions that my inner-CEO would delegate if at all possible.

I should probably figure out how to delegate this stuff back to my environment?

That would make me significantly more time rich and clear minded. More present and focused.

Maybe the wardrobe and fridge are not available yet, but any suggestions on routine tasks that can be offloaded to some external system?