Recent Advances in Data Science

Last year, Zoubin Ghahramani published an algorithm that automates the job of a data scientist, from looking at raw data all the way to writing a paper.

His software, called Automatic Statistician, spots trends and anomalies in data sets and presents its conclusion, including a detailed explanation of its reasoning.

The paper is @ http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v521/n7553/full/nature14541.html
 
I think the implications are quite clear.

Already, there is: https://www.automaticstatistician.com/about/#