Your maps app found a faster route this morning. Your email sorted spam without you thinking about it. A recommendation engine suggested a podcast you actually enjoyed.
Machine learning isn’t just tech industry hype – it’s already woven into ordinary decisions and daily routines. Understanding how it works helps you recognize the invisible choices being made around you.
This “ML in the Wild” series explores real machine learning applications, from the mundane to the surprising. No technical experience required – just curiosity about how these tools actually function in practice.
Each post examines one concrete example and what it reveals about how machine learning operates in the real world.
We’ll start with something football fans might start seeing: tackle probability stats that can now appear during NFL broadcasts. Our student intern discovered this while researching how machine learning is being used in professional sports – and it turns out the same technology is already in your fitness app.
