I don't know about this. I would actually expect the opposite, where the soup is just fine 98% of the time and sweet the last 2% because that's the "good stuff"

I don't know about this. I would actually expect the opposite, where the soup is just fine 98% of the time and sweet the last 2% because that's the "good stuff" that you can get creative on because the AI doesn't know how to help you.