On: Artificial Intelligence Hits the Barrier of Meaning

[logifail]

>> "AI" (read: machine learning) [is] delivering enormous value to nearly every business on the planet

That statement appears to contain two fairly bold claims - could you share sources?

[overlords → logifail]

Not OP, but of course even 0.1% improvements are worth millions to search engines, social network feeds, financial forecasters, and self driving car companies. Also worth thousands or millions to manufacturing processes, and to small businesses, which might be using ecommerce optimization systems through providers.

[adrianN → logifail]

Every big website uses some kind of machine learning to prevent fraud. Banks do the same. Data mining is used everywhere to improve customer experience. Data mining is used in industrial applications for preventative maintenance.