This document discusses machine learning and artificial intelligence. It begins with headlines about jobs being replaced by automation but also new jobs being created that require new skills. The document then discusses the speaker's personal journey working with machine learning techniques like neural networks, evolutionary algorithms, and deep learning. It provides examples of machine learning applications and overview of basic machine learning concepts like the biological neuron, McCulloch-Pitts model, and multi-layer perceptrons. The speaker concludes that machine learning will be a companion to humans and that human factors are important when developing these systems.