Here are two AI treats to start off your New Year:

First, an elegant introduction to and survey of Machine Learning in
the form of six short blog posts.  Well written, nicely illustrated, and
accessible to anyone from middle schooler to adult:
  https://stmorse.github.io/journal/ai-1.html

Second, a mind-blowing new robot dance video from Boston Dynamics:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn3KWM1kuAw&feature=emb_logo

Look at the footwork on these robots!  You'll be tempted to think this
is CGI, but it's not.  Boston Dynamics is the real deal.

-- Dave