<p>You might not think you need artificial intelligence added to your shopping experience. Store employees might not see the point either. So why is it there anyway?</p><br><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.theverge.com/authors/mia-sato" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mia Sato</a>, reporter at The Verge who covers tech companies, platforms, and users.</p><br><p>Want more What Next TBD? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at<a href="http://slate.com/whatnextplus" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> slate.com/whatnextplus</a> to get access wherever you listen.</p><br><p>Podcast production by Evan Campbell, and Patrick Fort.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>