I honestly cannot believe anyone would prefer this.
Profound co-founder James Cadwallader said consumer behaviour is reaching an “inflection point” where people may no longer visit ecommerce sites.“AI [agents and chatbots] steal or hijack that consumer from the brand,” he said. “Eventually, the consumer will only interact with the ‘answer engine’, and agents will become the primary visitors for websites and the internet.”
There's no world where I want someone else -- even a human -- buying my stuff based on a conversation. I want to browse the (virtual) aisles myself. Feels like I must in the minority if this is really the way things are going.