People always like to joke about Photoshop eventually adding a big red "Make My Photo Good" button, automatically figuring out what looks good & what adjustments are needed.
In this video engineers show you what they are working on to automatically recompose your photo.
You will see in this video many of the proven techniques for composing great photographs as well as experimental software to enhance the dynamics of a photo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74dE8XA3b-s&feature=player_embedded
Courtesy John Nack http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/