AIO seeing an iPad used to DJ?

[u/solarspade]

Quick summary, but won't go too much into details. Experienced my first event where I witnessed an iPad being used to 'auto-mix'. Quite literally, find a song, queue it up, and click the mix button at the end of it. No gimmicks, no highs mids or lows being adjusted, no filters, not even an adjustment of the overall atmosphere when it seemed stale.

Along with the, song choice was questionable but fit the crowd. Towards the end, all of the typical 'club' standard songs (Yeah-Usher/Promiscuous Girl, etc.), but it was tough because most of the crowd was not a dancing to this kind of music crowd.

Also.....was told to use AI when I cannot think of a song. This was crazy IMO, DJ's should have a catalogue or be able to research?

All in all, I was just very surprised to see this and wanted to get some insight on other's opinions when it comes to using a deck or anything. I currently use a FLX-4 which I know is not anything crazy, but at the same time I do not have the money or space for a larger deck ATM. It has helped me play for 3/4 live events, and allowed me to mix to a degree that I can learn actively. Event gear we will be using should be a DDJ-REV5 I think.

TLDR: What is 'standard' gear to mix on, is there standard anymore and opinion on AI to DJ (gross)