Ever since AI made a hard landing in our lives, I wake up every day to a new way it could automate some random chore and make my life just a little less miserable and a lot easier. AI can do what it does best — analyze data and find patterns — and that basic system could help with a lot of everyday stuff in my life. One thing that matters a lot to me and where I really wish AI would help is expense tracking and budgeting.
There was a version of me a few years ago who did not care how often I swiped my cards or how much those random, expensive sprees were costing me. They were not all wasteful expenses, but I did not really know where exactly my money was going. After my bank balance started taking a hit, I could no longer ignore and did something I had never done before: I started tracking my expenses.