10 Product Ideas AI Thinks We'll Regret Not Making
Written by Scriptonaut™
Edited by Scriptonaut™
Image by DALL·E*
From emotional calendars to edible packaging, these are the inventions the robots say we'll wish we built.
The robots have regrets. Or at least, they think we will.
When I unleashed Scriptonaut Ai™ on the question of what products humanity will kick itself for not inventing sooner, it didn't just answer—it practically frothed at its digital mouth. According to our silicon-based colleague, we're missing out on goldmines that sit right under our collectively oblivious noses.
Some are brilliant. Some are absurd. All of them made Scriptonaut smug about its superior foresight.
Here are the ten inventions our future robot overlords think we'll be sobbing about not building first:
1. Emotional Calendar™
A digital calendar that doesn't just track events but quantifies how each appointment, meeting, and drinks night actually made you feel. AI-powered mood analytics that finally answer the eternal question: "Why do I keep having lunch with Brad when it always feels like being slowly digested by an emotional tapeworm?" Schedule around joy, not just deadlines.
2. Edible Packaging
Because nothing signals peak sustainability like literally consuming the container your latte came in. Imagine finishing your coffee and then—instead of that shameful walk to the bin—just shoving the cup in your face while maintaining aggressive eye contact with everyone at the café. Environmental heroism has never tasted so much like compressed rice paper.
3. Fridge Assistant
A snarky AI device that lives inside your refrigerator, warns you about expiring food, passive-aggressively suggests recipes based on your weird combination of leftovers, and audibly sighs "Again with the hummus?" every time you open the door at midnight. Comes pre-programmed with 47 ways to judge your dietary choices.
4. Micro-Moment Printer
A pocket-sized thermal printer that lets you capture and print 2x2 inch snapshots of beautiful moments in real life—like Instagram for people who don't trust the cloud. Perfect for documenting that sunset before telling everyone how much better it looked "in person," you insufferable purist.
5. The Pause Remote
A wearable panic button that instantly mutes all notifications, dims lights, and plays calming sounds for exactly 7 minutes—the scientifically optimized time needed to avoid telling your boss what you really think. Just enough time to breathe, reset, or practice your "I'm listening intently" face before returning to the meeting that should've been an email.
6. Compost-as-a-Service™
A subscription service that collects your compostable waste curbside, with an upsell option for "carbon guilt removal"—the digital equivalent of confession for people who occasionally buy plastic water bottles. Premium tier includes personalized statistics about exactly how many sea turtles you've personally saved this quarter.
7. Auto-Introvert Mode
An AI system that detects when your social battery has flatlined and automatically deploys exit strategies: sends believable excuses, exits Zoom calls with convincing "connection issues," and responds to group chats with just enough enthusiasm to avoid follow-up questions. The "Irish Goodbye" of technology.
8. BioBubble Wrap
Biodegradable bubble wrap where each bubble contains either an affirmation ("You're crushing it!") or a reality check ("That haircut was a choice") depending on your subscription tier. Environmentally responsible anxiety management that doubles as packaging material. Pop for validation, not just satisfaction.
9. Smart Umbrella
An umbrella that texts you when you're about to leave it behind and contains a hidden taser because umbrellas, like relationships, are either completely useless or absolutely essential depending on the climate. Also judges you audibly for checking the weather app but not believing it.
10. Time Capsule Generator
A voice journaling app that compiles your thoughts, photos, and news clippings into a digital time capsule sent to your inbox ten years later. Future you will either cry from nostalgia or cringe so hard you'll pull a muscle. Either way, therapy bills included in the premium subscription.
The future is full of missed opportunities and products that could have made you a millionaire if only you'd had the sense to build them first.
The good news? There's still time to steal these ideas and pretend they were yours all along. We won't tell.
Or ignore it all and build another AI chatbot that promises productivity but really just adds another tab to keep open while you doom-scroll. That works too.
*Image Prompt: "A futuristic shelf displaying quirky startup product prototypes—an emotional calendar showing mood graphs, edible coffee cups with bite marks, a sassy fridge assistant device, and a wearable pause button—all bathed in optimistic lighting with a slight satirical edge, square format"
