Almost half of the adults in Canada use virtual assistants, but sometimes the task requires human foresight and hard work. Dave McGinn reports on the latest evolution of personal assistants that comes with a tech twist
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In the past year, the company has delivered Baldwin washer fluid, helped him fix a broken stove and even dropped off pumpkins at his house for Halloween.Having a personal assistant was once reserved for high-powered professionals and those wealthy enough to employ one to help out around the house. All that seemed to change with the advent of AI assistants. Alexa, Siri and others of their type are becoming commonplace in homes across Canada.
And so there is an increasing demand for assistants that can do more than tell you the weather when asked but that don’t require being hired on a full-time basis. TaskRabbit is one of several on-demand home services companies, including Jiffy and Ask for a Task, that operate under the same basic premise: You explain the job that needs to be done, along with other details such as when it must be completed. The platform connects you with someone to do the work and provides a quote, taking a percentage of the price of the job.The range of tasks they’ll take on is massive, from repairing appliances to shovelling snow.
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