Unlike traditional automation, self-learning autonomic tools are able to understand and replicate complex decision making processes and behave in a similar way to the human cognitive process by constantly learning new ways of handling IT problems.
The learning process of autonomic expert systems is similar to how a child learns by observing its parents or how the human immune systems learn to fight infections based on vaccines and medication.
Recent advancements in artificial intelligence birthed autonomic technologies, self-learning and self-managing machines which have become employed by large enterprises to oversee as much as 90% of IT tasks, thus signifying a turning point from machines as tools to machines as employees.