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Learning how to program shaders is actually a pretty cool thing to do. It's the most math heavy programming I've ever delved into and for that I like how it feels like it's getting my knives real sharp.

Can’t tell if sarcasm…

entirely serious

high end graphics...

would we count protein prediction as machine learning? The learning part is possibly done, now people need to do model execution to invent new proteins.

I'd like to see it used for converting old movies to hi-res and color.

Like what Peter Jackson did for "They Shall Not Grow Old".

Speeding up databases, for one example.