Here's a cheery list of possible commercial applications for machinelearning systems (referred to in the article as "AI"). How manyinjustices, real or probable, can you spotHere's a hint: John Deere tractors, famous for being designed to maketheir "owners" helpless to fix them independently, collect data aboutparts of the field, and can use them to improve efficiency ofproduction. John Deere keeps that data, so this becomes yet anotherway of subjugating users (farmers, in the case).Professor Sussman, who works on artificial intelligence at MIT,reminds us that machine learning systems are no smarter thanDissociated Press. He reserves the term "artificial intelligence"for systems that understand what they are talking about and know whatthe facts are.