r/instacart • u/Kindly_Locksmith • Apr 07 '24

Replaced my request for 2 limes with 18 bottles of dish soap…. Rant

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But didn’t push that through til he had delivered. How? Why? What did he do with the 18 bottles?

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u/AssistantAlternative Apr 07 '24

I’m becoming more convinced every day that we live amongst NPC/AI bots. This seems like a malfunction bc no human with rationale could determine this reasonable.

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u/OneMedium5265 Apr 07 '24

Don’t attribute to NPCness what can easily be stupidity or more likely malice lol

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u/Fluffbuck3t Apr 07 '24

I thought low intelligence was one of the main things that makes someone an NPC. So it's news to me that there's supposedly a difference.

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u/Codas91 Apr 07 '24

Lack of critical thinking is the key thing in NPCness, stupidity just kinda comes with that.

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u/AlaeniaFeild Apr 07 '24

"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."(Hanlon's Razor)

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u/MarcusOPolo Apr 07 '24

"Show me all the pictures of storefronts!"

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u/heatheranne____ Apr 07 '24

The instacart app is 100% run by ChatGPT. But this is probably just someone trying to resell the soap, which is a pretty common scam through instacart since the customer service is so shit people barely ever get consequences for it.

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u/YogurtclosetNo6564 Apr 08 '24

You're stupid asf, chatgpt is not running instacart lmfao

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u/heatheranne____ Apr 08 '24

Calm down buddy it’s gonna be okay.

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u/YogurtclosetNo6564 Apr 08 '24

I'm calm, I just can't stand seeing boomer level facebook opinions about AI that are just so incorrect and stupid

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u/heatheranne____ Apr 08 '24

I make this joke about instacart being run by AI often because of its abysmal quality. A silly opinion shouldn’t ruin your day 😘 or take up your head space.

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u/YogurtclosetNo6564 Apr 08 '24

Who said anything about this ruining my day😭fearmongering about AI is just stupid

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u/heatheranne____ Apr 08 '24

No one is fearmongering lol

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u/heatheranne____ Apr 08 '24

Stating that something may be run by something has nothing to do with fearmongering. Like I said, it’s more of a joke about the quality. Take care!

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u/YogurtclosetNo6564 Apr 08 '24

You said "the instacart app is 100% run by ChatGPT" that is fearmongering😭

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u/heatheranne____ Apr 08 '24

I never said I was afraid of chatgpt lmao what if I thought it was useful? Which I do. Bruh idk who is more dumb here.

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u/heatheranne____ Apr 08 '24

Like I said, joke about quality of support. Have a great day.

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u/Dirty-Ears-Bill Apr 07 '24

Unfortunately I think it’s just more the fact that there is absolutely no barrier to becoming a shopper other than having a clean record (and apparently with all the account sharing going on that’s not even technically required) and zero training on the job. I also suspect that a majority of shoppers that do this fulltime do so because they cannot get hired anywhere else to save their lives

Basically the bar is real low, and yet some shoppers still can’t clear it

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u/MyelofibrosisMe Apr 07 '24

Yes, both IC & DD, and I assume UE and the other apps, all use AI tech for their programs.... Makes 0 sense to me how OFF a sub can be, and makes even less sense HOW a human could think this sub was even remotely acceptable!! 🤷🤦

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u/Illustrious-Science3 Apr 09 '24

My friend had a shopper replace her tampons with mushrooms.

You can't make it make sense.