Securing Society 5.0 – Introduction
As we move into the third decade of the 21st century, humanity faces challenges of previously unimagined scale and complexity. The world grows smaller every day; all problems are to some extent shared global problems. We have been dramatically reminded of this fact by the recent Covid-19 pandemic, which started as a health emergency but soon evolved into a social and economic one, leaving no nation on earth untouched.
Many parts of the world economy ground to a halt. Despite...
Will 5G and Society 5.0 Mark a New Era in Human Evolution?
In their outstanding book, Wicked and Wise, Alan Watkins and Ken Wilber look at some of the most pressing ‘wicked problems’ facing the human race. ‘Wicked problems,’ they suggest, are difficult to define, but they are essentially unsolvable in the usual scientific sense.
The authors go on: wicked problems, such as climate change, are multi-dimensional, have multiple causes, multiple stakeholders, multiple symptoms and multiple solutions. They are by definition complex and difficult to process.
Crucially, they are created or exacerbated by...
Digital Double Helix: Why the Fates of 5G and AI are Intertwined
In 2013, George F. Young and colleagues completed a fascinating study into the science behind starling murmurations. These breathtaking displays of thousands – sometimes hundreds of thousands – of birds in a single flock swooping and diving around each other, look from a distance like a single organism organically shape-shifting before the viewer’s eyes.
In their research article, Young et al reference the starling’s remarkable ability to “maintain cohesion as a group in highly uncertain environments and with limited, noisy...
AI and 5G: AI at the 5G Core – A Double-Edged Sword
If you've ever been to an expensive restaurant and ordered a familiar dish like, say, lasagna, but received a plate with five different elements arranged in a way that does not at all resemble what you know as lasagna, then you have probably tasted deconstructionism.
This approach to cuisine aims to challenge the way our brain makes associations, to break existing patterns of interpretation and, in so doing, to release unrealized potential. If the different elements work together harmoniously, it...
5G and AI – Getting Smart About 5G and AI in Canada
Canada has been investing in machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) for longer than most of the industrialized world. Dr. Geoff Hinton of Google helped ignite the field of graphics processing unit (GPU) deep learning at the University of Toronto. Then he became chief scientific advisor to the Vector Institute, which in collaboration with the University, aims to produce the largest number of deep learning AI graduates and innovators globally. Meanwhile, Montreal, Quebec prides itself as the birthplace of...
5G Innovation Zones in Canada for Launching AI and 5G in Tandem
In my previous post I argued that if Canada wants to succeed with its AI-focused innovation agenda, it should also be at the forefront of 5G innovation and development. Canada could get ahead in the global 5G race not by being the first to 5G, but by being the first to roll out 5G in the right way - addressing cybersecurity, linking development of AI and 5G, addressing regulatory and policy prerequisites, etc.
Canada could leap ahead in development of...
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What Are the Implications of Nokia Worldwide IoT Network Grid (WING) Going #5G #IoT #mIoT https://5gs.ec/2VCb2j5
Are smart cities excluding marginalized groups? - "Smart cities require working with marginalized communities, such as urban women living in poverty, to co-produce and co-create participatory and bottoms-up solutions" #SmarCity #SmartCities #Inclusion https://5gs.ec/3eUdDfF
Verizon, AT&T redraw smart city efforts - Article says telcos withdrew from smart-city efforts because FCC gave them access to city infrastructure... Maybe it could also be because "smart city" term was never defined. Maybe we should use "smart everything" https://5gs.ec/3bEjjZv
Why coronavirus will accelerate the fourth Industrial Revolution - "the chance to experiment with technologies and co-operative approaches across borders that could lead to safer, more sustainable and more inclusive global futures" #Industry40 #4IR https://5gs.ec/2zwUa4I
What is the Private Networks opportunity? - According to new research, 9 out of 10 enterprises want someone to manage their sprawling and increasingly wireless LAN estates. Clearly, the appetite for private #5G and #LTE networks is there, but why? https://5gs.ec/3bFUexg
How #AI will be used to manage #5G networks - Artificial intelligence will play an important role in how future networks become sliced, supporting multiple uses, including #IoT and private 5G networks. #NetworkSlicing https://5gs.ec/2KNc5GR
5G and Cybersecurity Risk: Two Opposing Trends in Manufacturing - " Trends like #5G and #cybersecurity, therefore, may have opposing effects on the #IoT in #manufacturing space—one helping adoption and one hindering it" https://5gs.ec/2VYCC97
'Murder threats' to telecoms engineers over 5G - "We've actually had cases where people have been threatened with being stabbed, threatened with physical violence and in some cases actually threatened with murder" #5G #coronavirus #covidiot https://5gs.ec/3aDFVrH
