If families are worried about the cost of groceries, they should welcome this price discrimination. The AI will realize you are worried about costs. It will offer you prime discounts to win your business. It will know you are willing to switch brands to get discounts, and use this to balance inventory.
Then it will go out and charge other people more, because they can afford to pay. Indeed, this is highly progressive policy. The wealthier you are, the more you will pay for groceries. What’s not to love?
A problem is that this is not only a tax on indifference, but also a tax on innumeracy and on lack of leisure time. Those who don’t know how to properly comparison shop are likely to be less wealthy, not more; same with those who don’t have the spare time to go to more than one store.
A problem is that this is not only a tax on indifference, but also a tax on innumeracy and on lack of leisure time. Those who don’t know how to properly comparison shop are likely to be less wealthy, not more; same with those who don’t have the spare time to go to more than one store.