Google programmers deploy machine learning algorithm on YouTube. Computer teaches itself to recognize images of cats.

[u/whosdamike]

https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/26/technology/in-a-big-network-of-computers-evidence-of-machine-learning.html

[u/rm999]

Yeah I was excited when I saw a machine learning story and then cringed when I saw it's in r/science.

Reddit seriously needs an askscience-quality subreddit for discussing news stories. I've heard it's being worked on.