Japanese Businessman: AI Will Surpass Human Intelligence in 1 Decade
Masayoshi Son, CEO of Japan's Softbank, has urged Japanese companies to adopt it or risk falling behind progress, euronews reported.
Son, speaking at a corporate conference in Tokyo, said "artificial general intelligence will surpass the total intelligence of humankind by 10 times in 10 years".
It will affect every industry, from transportation and pharmaceuticals to finance, manufacturing, logistics, and others, and the companies and people that work with AI will be the leaders in the next 10 to 20 years, Son said.
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Son, who founded SoftBank and is a leading figure in Japan's business world, has enjoyed both victories and defeats in his array of technology investments.
He latched on to the potential of the Internet decades ago, and now is seeking to invest in AI-related companies.
"I want to be on the side of progress," he said.
"It would be sad to be on the side that gets left behind, like an old, shuttered high street," he said, and called on Japanese companies to "wake up" to his vision of a future led by AI.
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