It’s a rainy Sunday in 2029. You step into your kitchen and greet a familiar voice:
“Wash your hands first — and don’t forget, you always overcook the garlic.”
It’s your grandmother. Or rather, her AI-trained twin — a rich synthesis of voice recordings, handwritten recipe notes, photos, and family video calls. Her likeness lives in your kitchen’s AI assistant, trained not only on the technical aspects of her cooking but the emotional cues too — her sayings, her pacing, even her eye-roll when you forget the bay leaves.
Tonight, you’re making her famous Sunday stew.
As you begin, her voice guides you through each step.
“This is the part where we stir slowly — remember how we’d hum together at this point?”
The AI pulls up a shared memory — a short home video from when you were seven, standing on a stool next to her, stirring that same pot. You smile. You hum.
As you plate the stew, she adds one last note:
“Serve it with that crusty bread from the bakery — just like Grandpa liked.”
The food is real, the memory is enhanced, and your kitchen has become a portal to the past — powered by code, but steeped in love, culture, and identity.
Reimagining the Future 