With the advent of AI that can think conceptually Google won't even need to predict your decisions, they'll just make them for you
Siri is where this sort of thing starts but not where it ends, a sufficiently complex/reliable program could order your groceries for you and decide what to buy based upon the factors you tell it to consider and the feedback you give it on past purchasing decisions. Furthermore what if you need to buy a birthday present for a niece or nephew you don't know very well and they're in that awkward to buy for late child yet preteen age, well you just tell your AI to do it. You tell it how much you're willing to spend, how soon you need it, the AI consults with the recipient's AI or their parent's AI so your gift is the sort of thing that particular individual may want, and if your AI finds something that doesn't match your specifications but would otherwise be ideal (for example it costs a little more than you're initially wiling to spend) your AI will consult you about it.
But there's more to it that you wouldn't know about unless you read your EULA very carefully...
Your AI can also consult with with the grocery store AI, now the store may have some stock that's going to expire in a month or so and your AI knows you go through a given amount of this stuff in a month so the store discounts the price and you end up eating a different brand of cereal this month, unless you've specifically told your AI to always get your favourite brand. That's not so insidious, in fact it's downright sensible, however since there's no longer much point advertising to you anymore instead the companies which host these AIs will make a business of selling "advertising" to the AIs themselves, just like how Google adjusts the priority of listings in its search engine for a given fee.
Someday EVERYONE will have a
free, personal, incredibly useful AI assistant.
Google has a truly brilliant business model so why fix what isn't broken?
