As technology marches on, we are reaching some interesting inflection points. I have found that there are many devices and software programs that appear to be smarter than me, which is quite disconcerting. (Ever see “Terminator 2”?)
A good example is Google. I have been selling some of my guitars on the internet, because I had eight of them but you can only play one at a time. As part of the sales process, I’ve Googled the specific instruments to see what prices others are charging for their guitars. Now when I go on Google, the pull-down menu automatically offers musical instrument sales websites. This is an example of artificial intelligence. Google learns what I’m usually looking for, and steers me toward those websites.