Artificial intelligence (AI) will surpass human intelligence by one to ten times by 2030 and by ten thousand times by 2035, according to Masayoshi Son, the founder and CEO of the Japanese investment group Softbank. Son made these remarks on June 21 in Tokyo during Softbank’s annual meeting. There, he gave an emotional speech outlining the company’s future aims to the workers, according to those who witnessed it.
Son’s opinion suggests that Softbank is focusing on creating a “artificial super intelligence” (ASI) that has the potential to completely transform human existence. This seems to be the key conclusion from his remarks. Son talked about ASI and artificial general intelligence (AGI) in his address. The Softbank CEO stated that there is a 10X gap between the two: an AGI system would exhibit the same level of “genius” as a person.
In contrast, an artificial superintelligence (ASI) would be 10,000 times more intelligent or capable than a human, presumably far beyond the bounds of the human brain. It is important to note that there is currently no agreement among scientists regarding the capabilities of an artificial general intelligence (AGI) or artificial sentient intelligence (ASI), or even whether it is even feasible to create such an entity using existing technology. AI systems that are able to reason at the level of a human are yet theoretical.
Son continued by talking about his own mortality as well as Softbank’s future, which may have alarmed some investors since the company’s shares dropped by more than three percent after the Tokyo stock exchange closed. Son claimed that two years ago he became aware that he was “getting old” and that he seemed to want to make the most of his life before it ended, as seen in a video of the event that Cointelegraph was able to view.
“SoftBank was founded for what purpose? For what purpose was Masa Son born? It may sound strange, but I think I was born to realize ASI. I am super serious about it.”