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I'm sure "machine learning for MBAs" will be a thing very soon if the current trajectory holds.

Using a scale of 1-10 to rate the "human-ness" of AI belies the complexity of the situation. Computers are already better than humans at a huge number of tasks. In other areas, they haven't reached the level of an infant, or even a mouse.

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Already a thing :) Actually, Chicago Booth's MBA program has always been very heavy on statistics and now they have an ML class as well.

I'm not talking about teaching ML or AI to MBA's, I'm talking about making the technology easy enough to use that it is accessible to practically anyone. ML can have lots of benefits to many small businesses where parts of their operations are highly repeatable, but variable enough that they can't necessarily be automated away. Figuring out how to use ML in cases like this can improve quality control, efficiency, and a host of other factors, but owners of many small businesses don't have the technical skills or time to invest in learning AI. What they do have is a few thousand dollars to invest in something that could make their business better, but there needs to be a Wordpress or Excel of AI to bring the technology to them.

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