Using Magic on the Apple Watch

#1

Post by davidmerriman » Sun, May 17, 2015, 3:05 AM UTC

Using Magic on the Apple Watch
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Re: Using Magic on the Apple Watch

#2

Post by zatkin » Sun, May 17, 2015, 6:53 AM UTC

Too bad I'll never be able to use Magic (for free) since I'm 33,037th in line to get access to the service.

Re: Using Magic on the Apple Watch

#3

Post by frik » Sun, May 17, 2015, 6:53 AM UTC

It looks like magic, but I heard it's not AI but human manpower that powers Magic.

How does Magic scale? How many human employees do work behind the scenes? (5, 20, 50)

Re: Using Magic on the Apple Watch

#4

Post by planetjones » Sun, May 17, 2015, 6:55 AM UTC

$20.11 for a box of vegetarian chow mein. Are magic adding a massive premium to the prices or is the restaurant they chose expensive?

Re: Using Magic on the Apple Watch

#5

Post by frik » Sun, May 17, 2015, 6:58 AM UTC

zatkin wrote: post #2

Too bad I'll never be able to use Magic (for free) since I'm 33,037th in line to get access to the service.

There is only a non specific fee on every bought product, the full price (without details) is mentioned upfront though.

I am in the queue behind you (at 45,xxx afaik).

Re: Using Magic on the Apple Watch

#6

Post by M4v3R » Sun, May 17, 2015, 7:21 AM UTC

planetjones wrote: post #4

$20.11 for a box of vegetarian chow mein. Are magic adding a massive premium to the prices or is the restaurant they chose expensive?

Probably both, they definitely add a service fee on top of the retail price.

Re: Using Magic on the Apple Watch

#7

Post by noblethrasher » Sun, May 17, 2015, 8:02 AM UTC

frik wrote: post #3

It looks like magic, but I heard it's not AI but human manpower that powers Magic. How does Magic scale? How many human employees do work behind the scenes? (5, 20, 50)

“Do things that don't scale”

http://paulgraham.com/ds.html

Re: Using Magic on the Apple Watch

#8

Post by nestlequ1k » Sun, May 17, 2015, 8:30 AM UTC

noblethrasher wrote: post #7

frik wrote: post #3

It looks like magic, but I heard it's not AI but human manpower that powers Magic. How does Magic scale? How many human employees do work behind the scenes? (5, 20, 50)

“Do things that don't scale” http://paulgraham.com/ds.html

"Use services that don't scale" --no one

Re: Using Magic on the Apple Watch

#9

Post by EugeneOZ » Sun, May 17, 2015, 8:42 AM UTC

nestlequ1k wrote: post #8

noblethrasher wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

“Do things that don't scale” http://paulgraham.com/ds.html

"Use services that don't scale" --no one

Well, in reality a lot of food delivery services are being served by people, who answer phone calls. Not very scalable way, but it works :)

Re: Using Magic on the Apple Watch

#10

Post by spdub » Sun, May 17, 2015, 8:45 AM UTC

frik wrote: post #3

It looks like magic, but I heard it's not AI but human manpower that powers Magic. How does Magic scale? How many human employees do work behind the scenes? (5, 20, 50)

This is what things like Mechanical Turk _can_ help with (https://www.mturk.com/mturk/welcome) point them to a few local restaurants and let the turker's vote on what they feel to be the best option. Human computing power is a thing.