The problem is that toasting is too deterministic. Users have gotten used to adjusting their toaster to suit the toast they want, when in reality they should be open to radical suggestion from an agent knowledgeable on the topic of toast. A copilot, if you will.<p>What the industry desperately needs; no, what every kitchen needs; is a private and safe integration with a next-generation machine learning platform. I want you to think, "ChatGPT of bread" here. There's a huge amount of capital being invested in both toaster innovation and LLM technology, which is the perfect opportunity to capitalize on some underbaked synergy.<p>Obviously, we'll need a sort of "Core Toaster Fee" to ensure users don't accidentally use the toaster for something other than branded bread. Perhaps a bread-DRM could be invented to avoid these sorts of toast crimes, so our bread manufacturers could better protect their IP and prevent users from poisoning themselves on such follies as homemade bread.