Check out our CES 2019 coverage! Sit tight, because the future of gaming, and everything else, is about to change forever. If you look up in the corner of your phone, you're probably used to seeing a little indicator that says 4G LTE or, 3G, or... god forbid, 2G – and you've come to recognize that it probably has something to do with your phone's connection to your mobile network. It's pretty easy to follow, the G stands for generation, and each subsequent generation refers to a specific minimum speed, connectivity, and reliability necessary to classify the network as that particular generation. But all that is in the soon to be past, because up on the horizon is 5G.

From a science fiction dream to a critical part of our everyday lives, artificial intelligence is everywhere. You probably don't see AI at work, and that's by design. But do we want it to? We use AI systems to interact with our phones through Siri and Alexa, cars like Teslas interpret and analyze their surroundings to intelligently drive themselves, Amazon monitors our browsing habits and intelligently serves us up products it thinks we'd like to buy, and even Google decides what kinds of search results to give us based on who it thinks we are. Artificially intelligent algorithms are here, they've already changed our lives for better or worse.

Imagine an artificially-intelligent smartphone so clever that when we point the camera at a beautiful scene, it will guide us to the best spot to snap a picture, ensuring the lighting, composition, and colors are all perfect. It's a feature that in theory is not too far away. Don't worry, this nightmare scenario is nonsense, and a great example of how artificial intelligence and its benefits are still misunderstood. At a recent event in London, Huawei gathered together experts on AI and human behavior to put our minds at rest about how the technology will help free us from mundane decisions, and actually encourage creativity further. Huawei has a vested interest in making us understand the benefits of AI.