Earlier this month, TV quiz show Jeopardy featured two former champions playing against a computer named Watson. While the story of man versus machine is as old as John Henry and the Industrial Age, the ending was a new one. In a Terminator-style twist, the machine dominated the humans.

What, as retail marketers, can we learn from this demonstration of silicon superiority? For starters, Watson is a wake-up call to anyone who may still have a “wait-and-see” attitude toward technology. Sophisticated digital retail experiences aren’t ten years away—they’re right here, right now.