The Wonderful and Terrifying implications of compters that can learn

This Tedx talk by Jeremy Howard provides some perspective on 

"What happens when we teach a computer how to learn? Technologist Jeremy Howard shares some surprising new developments in the fast-moving field of deep learning, a technique that can give computers the ability to learn Chinese, or to recognize objects in photos, or to help think through a medical diagnosis. (One deep learning tool, after watching hours of YouTube, taught itself the concept of "cats.") Get caught up on a field that will change the way the computers around you behave ... sooner than you probably think."

https://www.ted.com/talks/jeremy_howard_the_wonderful_and_terrifying_implications_of_computers_that_can_learn

Is anyone out there already experimenting with ML Deep Learning or similar techniques?

Is anyone interested in experimenting with these approaches?

If so, I'd like to engage with anyone interested and ready for such projects?

--Tom