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Founder, Chairman and CEO, SoftBank Group · September 2024 · Letter, Message from Chairman & CEO (SoftBank Group website)

My view is that ASI will be ten thousand times more intelligent than humans and realized in about ten years. The realization of ASI, which will far surpass human wisdom, will mark a turning point in human history.

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Masayoshi Son, Founder, Chairman and CEO, SoftBank Group
Where
Message from Chairman & CEO (SoftBank Group website)
Topics
Superintelligence
Company
SoftBank Group
Source
group.softbank/en/philosophy/message

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