I'm sad that the AI acronym has become overused, and has lost its credibility. Back in 2004 even the expression "Expert System" was warily used, and only when appropriate. The way this is going we're going to have AI toasters by the end of the year.
I'd be surprised if they don't exist already. We already have AI rice cookers: "Zojirushi's top-of-the-line Induction Heating Pressure Rice Cooker & Warmer uses pressurized cooking and AI (Artificial Intelligence) to cook perfect rice." -- from https://www.zojirushi.com/app/product/npnvc
The term "AI" has become somewhat meaningless, but in this case they appear to be adjusting cooking time based on previous results. I'd guess they are probably adjusting a couple of parameters.
My basic understanding of how rice cookers work, is that they essentially apply full heating power until all the water has boiled away/been absorbed. They know when this happens by monitoring the temperature, the temperature wont rise above 100 degrees until all the water has boiled away. At this point they shut off.
I guess more "intelligent" rice cookers can do a little more than this, maybe if they see that it's consistently taking less time than expected to cook the rice they can heat to a lower temperature at the start to aid water absorption or something? Would be interested in knowing more.
They’re mostly doing systems, so it makes exactly 0 sense.
I hope not. It seems they can be a real pain in the ass:
Red Dwarf toaster: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRq_SAuQDec
I would welcome a toaster that let me say "too burnt" or "too raw" or "just right" after each toasting, adjusted the cooking time and temperature accordingly, and generalized well to new kinds of bread and such.