New Delhi: A Bengaluru-based software professional has built an unusual AI tool to tackle a problem familiar to many Indians: choosing the right dishes at an overstuffed wedding buffet. The tool, called BuffetGPT, is designed to help guests avoid food regret by planning what to eat, what to skip, and how much to consume.
The creator, Pankaj, shared the idea in a post on X, calling Indian wedding buffets a ‘scam’ because guests often realise too late that they filled their plates poorly. His post quickly caught attention online, with many users calling the idea both funny and surprisingly useful.
indian wedding buffet is a scam. i always leave regretting something. so i built BuffetGPT 😠
an ai agent that scans entire buffet and gives you a game plan.
it uses computer vision to detect every dish, then optimizes what to eat, what to skip, and how much based on actual… pic.twitter.com/yLxEf17LSJ
— Pankaj (@the2ndfloorguy) February 6, 2026
An AI ‘game plan’ for wedding food
According to Pankaj, BuffetGPT works by using computer vision to scan an entire buffet. It identifies each dish and then creates a personalised eating “game plan” for the user. The recommendations are based on what he described as “actual stomach volume physics”, aiming to maximise enjoyment without overeating.
The project is still in its early stages. Pankaj said it has only been tested as an alpha version at a friend’s wedding. While the results were “decent”, he admitted the tool is far from production-ready.
Social media reactions range from praise to doubt
The concept resonated on the Internet. Some of the users applauded Pankaj, as he used AI on a light-hearted yet relatable issue. One of them made a joke: ‘I wish you would have solved a problem no one has ever had,’ and some other one proposed that caterer reviews be introduced to rank dishes in order of their popularity.
Others were more distrustful of practical use. One of the users remarked that weddings are hectic. The comment stated that my cousins would have spoilt the game plan by the time you received it.
This is not the first time that Pankaj applied AI in a creative manner. In the last month, he discussed his development of an AI-based gadget that automatically put his screen to a Netflix session when within the vicinity of his boss and switched him to work-related ventures.