Your holiday dinner table is set. Your guests are ready to gab. And, then, in between bites, someone mentions Alexa and AI. “What’s this stuff I’m hearing about killer AI? Cars that decide who to run over? This is crazy!” Welcome to Thanksgiving table talk circa 2017. It’s true that AI and machine learning are changing the world, and in …

NEW YORK, NY – NOVEMBER 25: Shoppers walk inside a Macy’s store during Black Friday events on November 25, 2016 in New York City. The day after Thanksgiving, called Black Friday, is typically the biggest shopping day of the year in the United States. (Photo by Alexander Scheuber/Getty Images) With Thanksgiving hitting a record $2.87 billion in online sales in the …

Kim Kardashian on ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’ Michael Rozman/Warner Bros. Kim Kardashian looked like her daughter,North West, in a throwback video featuring her late father Robert Kardashian that she posted on Thursday, November 23. In a video titled “Kimberly’s Thanksgiving Performance 1985,” the then-5-year-old is dressed in a Native American costume as she waves to the camera. “Kimberly, you did …

Your holiday dinner table is set. Your guests are ready to gab. And, then, in between bites, someone mentions Alexa and AI. “What’s this stuff I’m hearing about killer AI? Cars that decide who to run over? This is crazy!” Welcome to Thanksgiving table talk circa 2017. It’s true that AI and machine learning are changing the world, and in …