TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son said he believes artificial general intelligence (AGI), artificial intelligence that surpasses human intelligence in almost all areas, will be realised within 10 years.
Speaking at the SoftBank World corporate conference, Son said he believes AGI will be ten times more intelligent than the sum total of all human intelligence, noting the rapid progress in generative AI such as ChatGPT.
(Reporting by Anton Bridge; Editing by Tom Hogue)
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Mr. Masayoshi Son is a Chairman at Supercell Oy, a Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at SoftBank Group Corp., a Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at SB Investment Advisers (UK) Ltd. and a President & Representative Director at Wireless City Planning, Inc. He is on the Board of Directors at Arm Ltd. (United Kingdom), SoftBank Group Japan KK, SoftBank Corp. and Wireless City Planning, Inc. Mr. Son was previously employed as a Chairman by SVF Holdco (UK) Ltd., a President, CEO & Representative Director by Softbank Telecom Corp., a President, CEO & Representative Director by SOFTBANK BB Corp., a Chairman by Brightstar International Corp., a Principal by MIC America LLC, a President & Director by SoftBank Holdings, Inc., and a Member by Son Asset Management LLC. He also served on the board at Sprint Corp., Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and Z Holdings Corp. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley.
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