First, Huawei wants AI to help you. Then it wants AI to be you.

Huawei is increasingly optimistic about the future of artificial intelligence. At CES Asia 2017, Chief Operating Officer Wan Biao spoke to Digital Trends about the technology's growth, describing three key stages in AI's evolution: "Enable me, Know me, Be me." We're already into the beginnings of the "know me" stage, Biao said. "Be me" is still some time away, but despite its potential, that may be a good thing. Machines are already surpassing human intelligence, Biao said, and we're edging even closer to the prospect of a smart society -- where people and machines are one. This, combined with previous statements made by Huawei about artificial intelligence and the integration of machine learning into its smartphones, gives us a tantalizing glimpse of the smart future.