SoftBank CEO predicts AGI within 10 years, urges adoption for Japanese firms

SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son predicts that artificial general intelligence (AGI), surpassing human intelligence in almost all areas, will be realized within 10 years. Son believes AGI will be ten times more intelligent than the sum total of all human intelligence and highlights the rapid progress in generative AI. He also introduces the concept of "Artificial Super Intelligence," which he claims will surpass human intelligence by a factor of 10,000 within 20 years. Son calls upon Japanese companies to embrace AI and emphasizes the importance of chip designer Arm in the "AI revolution."