tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-06:301081DarkoshiDarkoshiDarkoshi2025-12-24T01:12:51Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-06:301081:940946Sparky AI shopping assistant2025-12-24T01:12:51Z2025-12-24T01:12:51Zpublic0Walmart has an AI shopping assistant named <a href="https://www.walmart.com/cp/sparky/5291783">Sparky</a>. I know this not from interacting with it, but from seeing it on the Walmart page when placing an order recently. Its winking smiley-face icon seemed half-way creepy to me, like a retro 60's up-to-no-good cartoon character. <br />It looks like the assistant used to have a <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/decoding-walmart-sparky-ai-personalized-shopping-powered-grssc">more plain smiley-face icon</a>. I can see why they may have wanted to give it more pizzazz, but I'm not sure the newer one is an improvement.<br />It is... disconcerting.<br />I suppose it sort of fits its name, though.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=darkoshi&ditemid=940946" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments