Soup of the Day

Sadness, Simmered by AI

The Janky Time Machine dropped me into aisle 7 of a climate-controlled MegaMart circa sometime in the not too distant future. At first glance, everything looked familiar—fluorescent lights, shrink-wrapped strawberries, corporate jingle-pop echoing faintly over the PA.

But then we saw it:
A Campbell’s Tomato Soup can.
Not vintage. Not commemorative. Just… updated.

There was a sample kiosk at the end of the aisle, so i had a taste. The flavor profile adapted instantly, drawing from a mood-based API synced to the ambient sadness of my presence. It thickened. It warmed. It tasted like a Tuesday in February.

I’m not saying AI will replace comfort food.
But it may start tailoring it.

So here's the real question, dear reader:
Are we training the soup…
…or is the soup training us?