There are certain things computers handle quite well, and then there are certain other things which are best handled by humans. Google's new test feature called Autopilot can best be explained as an attempt at trying to cross the boundary and venture into a space where machines are not thought to succeed.
What it does....
Autopilot automatically create email responses that you would have crafted yourself -- ofcourse google would go through your personal emails and look for predictable behavioral patterns to do that (we are not even getting into the privacy conversation here....)
The sheer idea of using computer algorithms to predict human thought process with any amount of certainity is grossly underestimating the power and complexity of human thought process. A human can compete and match a supercomputer capable of analyzing and predicting hundreds of thousands of moves in advance, in a game of chess. That is because human decision making is aided by reasoning, which is not a systematic assessment of possibilities, but a far superior process aided by previous experiences and learnings.
Unless the make-up of the computer changes in the future to something more 'bio' like, this sort of experiments would just remain academic....
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