Kicker: Just add AI

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NICK EICHER, HOST: Every January, the gadget world gathers in Las Vegas to show us the future.

And every January, someone reminds us the future might need adult supervision.

ELIZABETH CHAMBERLAIN: As I walk around the show floor today, I feel like this year's theme is just "add AI and stir," you know?

You know? Yeah, Elizabeth Chamberlain talking about this year’s worst-of-show ... a voice activated AI fridge.

CHAMBERLAIN: It's got all these cameras now. You don’t want a camera on the front of your fridge watching you all the time, do you? I don’t.

Well really, AI was running wild.

There's the AI coach to help you on the treadmill.

The AI barista to help with making coffee.

The AI ebike that tells you when it's broken.

But I want to go back to that AI fridge a minute, that may have promise. If it watches closely enough and if the AI is honest enough, it’ll notice that what you need is for that door NOT to open and stay locked and you go out for a walk.

It’s The World and Everything in It.

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