Well, "gut" is far from obsolete, but not everything requires "gut". The article claims the program performs better when compared to data from manual managemen

Well, "gut" is far from obsolete, but not everything requires "gut". The article claims the program performs better when compared to data from manual management. It'll be saving them $800k/year alone. Also since the program will be evolving over time, you can assume there are still people monitoring its performance and feeding that back into the loop. Similar scheduling algorithms are already in use all over the world. If you're a student, chances are your program is made by a computer "boss" too. Scheduling is not the kind of chore humans are best at. We don't have to be cynical and suspect ulterior motives. After all, we created computers to be our assistants, and here we go, they are. And it's good. Every win for computers is a win for people.