“Within 10 years there will be super artificial intelligence that will be 10,000 times smarter than humans.”

Masayoshi Son, CEO of SoftBank, said that artificial intelligence that will be 10,000 times smarter than humans will become a reality within 10 years.

In a rare public appearance on Friday, Masayoshi Son laid out his vision of a world equipped with artificial super intelligence, or ASI, as he calls it.

The CEO initially referred to another term – Artificial General Intelligence or AGI – which describes artificial intelligence Generally more intelligent than humans. Sean said that this technology is likely to be between one and 10 times smarter than humans, and will arrive within the next three to five years, sooner than he expected.

But if AI is not smarter than humans, “then we won’t have to change the way we live, and we won’t have to change the structure of the human way of life,” he said.

“But when it comes down to it Super artificial intelligence It’s a completely different story. This way you will notice a huge improvement.”

Schön sees the future as having multiple ASI models interacting with each other, much like neurons in the human brain. This will lead to the creation of artificial intelligence that will be… 10,000 times smarter Of all human genius.

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Sean is the founder of SoftBank, which rose to prominence after early and profitable success Investing in Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba. SoftBank was highlighted as a technology visionary by launching the Vision Fund in 2017, a massive investment fund focused on backing technology companies.

After the Vision Fund posted record financial losses in 2022, Schoen said SoftBank would move to a “defensive” mode and be more conservative in its investments. In 2023, the Vision Fund posted a new record loss, with the CEO saying shortly after that SoftBank would now go “on the offensive” because it was excited about investment opportunities in artificial intelligence.

Since then, Sean has largely stayed out of the public eye until Friday when he returned to the spotlight to give a speech.

“Two years ago, I felt like the rest of my life was short and I hadn’t accomplished anything yet,” he said at first.

Now, he claims to have found SoftBank’s mission, which is to “evolve humanity.” “For what purpose was SoftBank founded? Why was it born? It may seem strange, but… I believe I was born to achieve super artificial intelligence. “I’m convinced of that,” Masayoshi Son said.

With information from CNBC