As predicted but earlier than expected

Two interesting stories:

A teaching assistant that wasn't human. Working for over a month on forums through natual language without anyone noticing. Of course, powered by Watson.

http://futurism.com/suprise-georgia-tech-teaching-assistant-isnt-human-shes-robot/

And this little nugget :

http://futurism.com/artificially-intelligent-lawyer-ross-hired-first-official-law-firm/

Even though accelerating change is predictable the rate of change in the first third of this year is constantly surprising.