Top 10 AI events of 2016

This could a little late given that we have already embarked upon a new year. But it could be worthwhile looking back for a moment... If that's a little far fetched, considering the wide use of drones, advances in VR/AR and blockchain, that's because of the'bias' (read enthusiasm) in my neurons. I haven't been for long in this field but after Deepmind's paper a few years back, this year was among the first to show commercial viability of AI and showed how well poised it is for a few established problems. I have tried here to distil some major events that happened earlier in 2016 but, you know, like all networks, my brain might have missed out on some signals.