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Delta has a long-term strategy to boost its profitability by moving away from set fares and toward individualized pricing using AI. The pilot program, which uses AI for 3% of fares, has so far been “amazingly favorable,” the airline said. Privacy advocates fear this will lead to price-gouging, with one consumer advocate comparing the tactic to “hacking our brains.”

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[-] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago

Guess people will be moving away from Delta then.

[-] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago

If this proves to be profitable, you know that the other airlines will do it.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

In the US, we’ll be sure to expand it to all the other purchases we make. Eventually even buying groceries will be a shakedown of your bank account.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Just look at surge pricing on Uber to see where this is headed

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I've been quoted 100+ for a 20 minute ride on Uber. Needless to say I walked and waited till it was 40~. Still overpriced but still.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Also about my own experience. Poor people pay the difference in time. Did you wait more than 20 minutes for you 20 minute ride to become palatable to pay for?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I'm sorry to inform you that there are already some grocery stores in America that have electronic price tags that update automatically.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago
[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Driving to Europe is a bit rough.

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