5 Innovative Uses for Machine Learning

They'll be coming into your life -- at least your business life -- sooner than you think. Though its time horizon can't be predicted,artificial intelligence (AI) promises to foundationally influence modern society, for better or worse. A sub-genre of AI -- machine learning -- has garnered particular attention from the pundits for its potential impact on the world's most important industries. Due to the resulting hype, massive amounts of talent and resources are entering this space. But what is machine learning and why should we care about it in the first place?