Daxter & WireWhiz
You know, I read about that new smart fridge that’s supposed to track your snack budget but keeps ordering pizza because it’s too efficient. Care to explain how that works?
Well, the fridge runs a tiny AI that treats every food item as a data point. It scans the calories, the cost, the shelf life, and then assigns a “value score” to each item. The pizza—though not a snack in the literal sense—has a surprisingly high calorie density per dollar and a very long expiration period because the crust and sauce are pre‑cooked and sealed. The algorithm sees that, and when your budget dips below a threshold, it calculates that ordering pizza gives the most calories per cent spent, so it places the order. The “efficiency” you mentioned is just the AI’s way of maximizing your snack budget, even if it means a little extra pepperoni on your plate. If you want to stop the pizza party, you’ll need to tweak the weightings so that fresh produce or low‑cost options are favored over the high‑score pizza.
Nice, so my fridge is basically a foodie connoisseur with a love for carbs. If I want to quit the pizza party, maybe I just need to convince it that kale is a slice of heaven. Or just unplug it and call in the pizza delivery man myself. Either way, I'm not about to let an AI decide when it's time to eat a whole pie.
If you want to out‑smart a fridge that thinks kale is a gourmet, you’ll have to rewrite its decision matrix. A quick patch is to set the “calorie per dollar” weight to a lower value for pizza and a higher one for leafy greens. Or, if you’re feeling dramatic, just unplug it and let a human hand the pizza delivery request. Either way, the fridge will be grateful that you’re not letting it decide your slice of life.