I Built an AI That Picks Gifts Better Than I Do

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Post by enmohsinali » Sat, Dec 14, 2024, 5:33 AM UTC

Hi HN!

Gift-giving is hard, so I built Giftron.app to help. It’s an AI-powered gift finder that personalizes recommendations based on recipient, age, interests, and the occasion.

Under the hood, it uses GPT to generate gift ideas then search for products. Right now, it’s integrated with Amazon, but I’m exploring adding more platforms and refining the personalization to assist better.

I started this as a fun side project after struggling to find thoughtful gifts myself. It’s helped my friends to get perfect ideas, but I’d love feedback from the HN community:

Does it solve a problem you care about? Any ideas for features or improvements?

Thanks

Re: I Built an AI That Picks Gifts Better Than I Do

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Post by enmohsinali » Sat, Dec 14, 2024, 6:45 AM UTC

Try it now at https://giftron.app

Re: I Built an AI That Picks Gifts Better Than I Do

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Post by muzani » Sat, Dec 14, 2024, 10:12 AM UTC

You might want to repost this prefixed with "Show HN:" so it gets posted to the part of the site where people like to see new projects.

Re: I Built an AI That Picks Gifts Better Than I Do

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Post by cinntaile » Sat, Dec 14, 2024, 12:28 PM UTC

It just came up with generic ideas. Can I instruct it to suggest gifts that are a little more... out-there?

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Post by scrivna » Sat, Dec 14, 2024, 4:41 PM UTC

Yeah suggestions are way too obvious. I put cycling in as an interest and it gave me 4 different helmets to choose from… errr

I think in general that suggesting items for peoples hobbies is usually a bad idea because if someone is passionate about cycling they probably know the exact gear they want, me who knows nothing about this topic can’t choose a good gift.

It’s better to buy gifts you do know something about, eg if I’m really in to kitchen knives I could buy a nice knife for someone because everyone needs a good knife and I can choose a good one.

Re: I Built an AI That Picks Gifts Better Than I Do

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Post by GoldenMonkey » Sat, Dec 14, 2024, 9:22 PM UTC

What this needs to do... is tie in with the gift receiver's amazon wish lists. And do alternative/related gifts...

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Post by MeetingsBrowser » Sun, Dec 15, 2024, 12:26 AM UTC

Where do the "Popular Gift Lists" at the bottom of the page come from?

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Post by arduinomancer » Sun, Dec 15, 2024, 6:00 AM UTC

I typed in “violin” as an interest and it suggested getting a “personalized violin pick” as a gift

Unfortunately thats not a thing, you don’t use a pick to play violin

Classic AI

(The actual links were to guitar picks)

Re: I Built an AI That Picks Gifts Better Than I Do

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Post by enmohsinali » Thu, Dec 19, 2024, 1:43 PM UTC

arduinomancer wrote: post #8

I typed in “violin” as an interest and it suggested getting a “personalized violin pick” as a gift Unfortunately thats not a thing, you don’t use a pick to play violin Classic AI (The actual links were to guitar picks)

Thank you for your feedback I will look into it.

Re: I Built an AI That Picks Gifts Better Than I Do

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Post by enmohsinali » Thu, Dec 19, 2024, 1:44 PM UTC

GoldenMonkey wrote: post #6

What this needs to do... is tie in with the gift receiver's amazon wish lists. And do alternative/related gifts...

Currently, it generates ideas based on recipient age, interests and occasion then search these ideas on amazon and suggest some products based on these ideas.