Ask the same AI where to go, and you may meet each other there

Two solo travelers discover they both asked Claude where to stay. A parent visits Sea Ranch, notices an extraordinary concentration of families with tiny babies, and then finds it at the top of ChatGPT’s suggestions for exactly that kind of trip.

Zvi collects these anecdotes as examples of a new coordination mechanism. A recommendation can help choose a destination while also influencing who else turns up. If people with similar interests ask similar questions, the resulting crowd becomes part of what the recommendation offers.

These stories do not establish how much AI changes actual travel patterns. They do suggest a funny feedback loop: a place can become a better answer because other people received the same answer. The assistant is quietly doing a little social organizing alongside the itinerary.