Autonomous cars, personal assistants, and robots that give yoga lessons. For better or worse, the world of AI has arrived. In the beginning of January, businesses and journalists of all sorts converged on Las Vegas for the annual CES conference for consumer electronics and consumer technologies. While many of the products showcased and announced during the four-day hullabaloo aren't of particular interest to us--8k TVs and virtual reality headsets, for example--we were intrigued by the significant presence of artificial intelligence products this year. It permeated just about every type of product, and, for many businesses, is at their forefront of their efforts moving into 2017 and beyond.