We have begun using machine learning to optimize client websites. We call it "machine earning". I think that this is going to be common within a year or two. So I was pleased to find this excellent summary that explains machine learning so well.
@thegrok (Bryan Eisenberg) highlights the rise of artificial intelligence and robotics in everyday retail with the appropriate amounts of warning and optimism. Will retailers and their employees find themselves in the same boat as our manufacturing sectors? Surprised and confounded by change inevitable?