Transparency, regulation and convergence with 5G -- AI predictions for 2022

Artificial intelligence is making its presence felt in more and more areas of our lives. But what impact is it going to have on digital transformation projects, legislation and more? Industry experts gave us their views. AI and 5G will converge thinks EdgeQ CEO Vinay Ravuri, "The convergence of 5G and Artificial Intelligence will become more indispensable and value oriented. Enterprises will expect 5G and AI to be seamlessly integrated as a key value center of 5G deployment. This will include the use of AI for advanced network automation and for intelligent analytics to streamline operations, optimize network performance and drive greater efficiencies overall. These capabilities will be important in the deployment, management, and operation of 5G." Nick Thomson, general manager of AI at iManage believes there needs to be greater transparency, "Increasingly, there's a need for greater explainability with AI. Users need to be able to say how and why the AI arrived at a particular decision rather than just writing off AI as a'black box' whose thought process is totally opaque. Because AI is being used to assist with both process automation (extracting clauses from mountains of contracts, for example) as well as decision-making (applying rules and logic to the information that's been extracted), there needs to be more explainability at that decision-making level. Making sure that the rules and the logic behind a decision are not just fully explainable to a human being but also defensible are key to ensuring that AI isn't inadvertently making bad decisions based on poorly trained models, unintentional bias, or other faulty logic."