The world is divided into two kinds of people – those who think the massive strides we've made in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) is cool, and those, like me, who think we need to prepare for the robot apocalypse. Whichever side of the fence you're on, you probably aren't fully aware of exactly how far we've come. AI is increasingly becoming part of our everyday lives, in small but significant ways. Forbes put together a list of the unsettling (or awesome, depending on how you see it) skills that AI has already mastered and how these skills are used. The artificial intelligence-powered SummarizeBot can read, comprehend, and summarise anything from books to news articles, by identifying and isolating the essential information.