It is the smart convergence of 5G and the IoTs with AI and Machine Learning, highlighted in the Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies.

There is little doubt that AI is the best thing for humanity:

“AI could become the best ever technology in the history of human civilization.”

We are at the edge of revolutionary transformation, driven by 2 groundbreaking technology mega trends: artificial intelligence (AI) and 5G.

Living On The Wireless Edge With AI And 5G

5G with the IoTs provides the infrastructure and massive amounts of data that AI needs to be smarter, and AI, driven by advances in causal AI and machine deep learning, provides the ability to make sense of the openness and complexity of 5G.

5G networks will underpin the 4th industrial AI revolution, enabling the Worldwide Intelligent Connectivity Infrastructure, disrupting virtually all parts of future life and all sectors: from healthcare to manufacturing.

The combination of 5G, AI, smart platforms and the Internet of Things (IoT) form the basis for Global Intelligent Connectivity, with

1000xMobile Data Volumes,

10x-100xConnected Devices,

5xLower Latency,

10x-100xEnd-user Data Rates

and 10xBattery Life for Low Power Devices.
The real-world data collected by the IoT will fuel AGI and machine deep learning, enabling ubiquitous smart automation.

The combination of 5G, the IoT and AI will enhance the quality of products and services, enabling efficient use of the world’s resources. 
With more than 5 billion subscribers and 9 billion connections globally, 3G and 4G mobile is already one of the most widely deployed technology platforms ever.

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However, Intelligent Connectivity takes this further and marks
the beginning of a SMART era, underpinned by ubiquitous hyper connectivity. 
It is set to impact almost every aspect of our daily lives from the way we consume
entertainment to the way in which we learn and interact with the world. It will give people the information they need in an instant making our lives more productive and intelligent.

It will impact how entire industries innovate and operate, how societies interact and thrive and how economies flourish.
Our smart cities will deploy intelligent urban platform controlling and managing all city life, critical infrastructure, services and resources. 
We will see smart platforms powered by AI and machine learning will enable us to make improved decisions and deliver higher quality products and services.
Worldwide, 79 mobile operators have announced plans to launch 5G services. As a result, more than 50 countries are set to benefit from 5G services before the end of 2020.

5G mobile technology has the potential to trigger a major wave of innovation across the economy. By enabling a dramatic expansion in the Internet of Things and the data available for AI and machine learning, 5G will deliver the intelligent connectivity required for many futuristic applications from self-driving cars and advanced robotics to virtual presence and the tactile Internet.

Over time, it promises to make the death of distance complete.

Intelligent connectivity is one of the key building blocks of a sustainable future. By capturing a wealth of realtime data, 5G will enable people to manage resources far better than has been possible in the past, while making transport both safer and more efficient.

Scientists will use the data collected by 5G networks to create the smart systems and new technologies humanity will need to address some of its most pressing challenges, including climate change, an aging population and the spread of both chronic and infectious diseases.

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Backed up by the global intelligent mobile communication infrastructure, autonomous things use AI to interact more naturally with their environments.

Autonomous things are to exist across five types:

Robotics Vehicles Drones Appliances Agents.

Occupying 5 environments: space, sea, land, air and digital, and operating with varying degrees of capability, coordination and intelligence, as a drone operated in the air with human-assistance or a farming robot operating completely autonomously in a field.

This shows a scale of potential applications, and virtually every application, tool, service and IoT object will incorporate some form of AI to automate or augment processes or human actions.

Collaborative autonomous things such as drone swarms will increasingly drive the future of AI systems.

Gartner Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2019

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