AI and Machine Learning are all the rage these days, and rightly so. They are as close as it gets to actual Magic in the computing world. It seems like there's nothing you can't do with them.

In this talk, I'm going to try and de-mystify Markov Chains - one of the basic algorithms and show exactly how they're used. Among other things, I'll show you how you can use them to:

* Model and replicate systems with a continuous set of states
* Choose the best move in a popular family board game
* Write an entire new novel by Jane Austen

And much, much more. I'm a Microsoft developer, so all code samples will be in either C# or even Excel!