Why is 5G Relevant to the Field of AI?

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This week we will explore the intersection of artificial intelligence and 5G. When looking at the potential risk and possibilities with this combination and perhaps talking to industry experts about their thoughts. Who is studying the effects or changes that this is leading to?

There is a big investment by telecommunication companies into these areas, and there is an expressed fear by many in regards to the possible adverse consequences. It may change the way that we use applications within the field of artificial intelligence, that you can do more with a small device because your connections allow for data to move more swiftly. Thus on an interface many applications will be decentralised with cloud (on a server). It is clear that if good things can be extended then less good aspects can too.

What is 5G?

5G is the next generation of mobile broadband that will eventually replace, or at least augment, your 4G LTE connection. With 5G, you’ll see exponentially faster download and upload speeds. Latency, or the time it takes devices to communicate with the wireless networks, will also drastically decrease.

Artificial Intelligence and 5G Robotics

What is Artificial Intelligence?

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially computer systems. These processes include learning (the acquisition of information and rules for using the information), reasoning (using rules to reach approximate or definite conclusions) and self-correction. Particular applications of AI include expert systems, speech recognition and machine vision.

The Speed that May Enable Further Usage of Robotics and AI

If we disregard the environmental damage that AI and Robotics could cause considering the heavy resource requirement it has, let us think about what it actually could do. Phone companies and telecommunications tout the amazing new things you can do with your phone should you be able to ‘up your speed’ or bring it to the next level. However truth be told what would you do? Not much more than before. Streaming is already working rather well, and you can play candycrush etc. Yet we did not imagine what we would be doing with this type of speed or connectivity before it arrived. Everyone, or most people, sitting with their eyes glued to a phone on public transportation. The public spaces filled with people that are somehow cluelessly walking with their phone stretched out in front of them to navigate, read, play or socialise on the go. Beyond your immediate use there are several use cases in industry we should be aware of.

Artificial Intelligence Combined With 5G Robotics

One thing that is certain is that this type of technology may enables robotics in a different way and ‘intelligent’ robots to operate within a broader environment. We can immediately consider the extended adverse use of this for defence purposes and monitoring a population. However on the other hand within hospitals and health technology this may enable a different working environment or follow-up by technological inventions.

Running solutions related to the field of artificial intelligence is done externally already so will you truly notice a difference? If the video, text or other expression/input is transferred to a different place — then what is the difference for users. It can be challenging to see how this would help, and AI use-cases were mentioned in a previous article. Using machine learning techniques in 5G network to improve the utility in the radio spectrum which is allocated. Currently it seems like

• Self-driving autonomous vehicles,
• Automating or managing public transportation,
• Time-critical industry automation,
• Remote healthcare

These are all areas where hardware and software will enable changes in operations. Of course process automations are already influencing working life with data from workers being monitored as well as performance measured. However the robots that can operate in healthcare, transport and industry will likely be enhanced by these new technologies in IoT.

A Looming Question — Sustaining 5G Robotics and AI

As mentioned in the introduction we must seriously question this advancement, we cannot continue running into ‘modernity’ and ‘advancement’ while putting both hands up to our ears. If we ignore the potentially adverse consequences of the aforementioned buzzword bingo we are in serious trouble. Energy and resource requirements by streaming AI to heavily encrypted 5G networks sounds absolutely ridiculous, is it even defensible to do so?

EU’s International Security Policy, Artificial Intelligence and 5G

Increased Connectivity and Emerging Risks

On the 9th of October 2019 Techcrunch wrote an article about a new joint risk assessment report into 5G technology. So far the European Union has resisted pressure to boycott Huawei as a 5G supplier on national security grounds. In March 2019 US suggested that EU should block Huawei from accessing its market. The report identifies “security challenges” more likely to appear in 5G networks.

“ An increased exposure to attacks and more potential entry points for attackers: With 5G networks increasingly based on software, risks related to major security flaws, such as those deriving from poor software development processes within suppliers are gaining in importance.”

• Certain equipment are becoming more sensitive such as base stations or management functions in networks.
• Reliance of mobile network operators on suppliers may lead to a higher number of ‘attack paths’. These can be exploited by threat actors. Non-EU States or State-backed are considered as the most serious ones and the most likely to target 5G networks.
• Risk profile of individual suppliers will become important.
• There is a risk of major dependencies on suppliers. Dependency can present a high degree of risk.
  • hreat to availability and integrity as well as privacy and confidentiality.

• According to TechCrunch the next step will be: “…the development, by December 31, of a toolbox of mitigating measures, agreed by the Network and Information Systems Cooperation Group, which will be aimed at addressing identified risks at national and Union level.”

  “The implication is that the business of 5G security will need to get commensurately large to scale to meet the multi-dimensional security challenge that goes hand in glove with the next-gen tech. Just banning a single supplier isn’t going to cut it.”

Blockchain, 5G Robotics and AI

However much this title looks like a buzzword bingo there is something to be said for the security need required by these new type of solutions. Considering the question of who works in this IoT area we can argue that actors such as IOTA will see a great deal of growth going ahead.

“Our vision is to enable all connected devices through verification of truth and transactional settlements which incentivize devices to make available its properties and data in real time. This gives birth to entirely new general purpose applications and value chains.”

Therefore I think with the required security in these advancements company actors such as IOTA will be necessary to make it mesh or at least able to work.

Source: https://towardsdatascience.com/artificial-intelligence-and-5g-d59de7dfd213

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