AI Can Help Us Live More Deliberately

We need a little friction in our lives to trigger reflection, self-awareness, and responsible behavior. As I search online for a present for my mother, considering the throw pillows with sewn-in sayings, plush bathrobes, and other options, and eventually narrowing in on one choice over the others, who exactly has done the deciding? Me? Or the algorithm designed to provide me with the most "thoughtful" options based on a wealth of data I could never process myself? And if Mom ends up hating the embroidered floral weekender bag I end up "choosing," is it my fault? It's becoming increasingly difficult to tell, because letting AI think for us saves us the trouble of doing it ourselves and owning the consequences.