SoftBank CEO and AI investor Masayoshi Son stated on Friday that evolved artificial intelligence could exceed human to the extent that “we emerge as fish” and will even win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Meeting South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in Seoul, Son, whose SoftBank is a first-rate backer of ChatGPT maker OpenAI, defined a future in which an advanced AI exceeds human by a magnitude of 10,000.
“The difference between the human brain and the… Goldfish within the pot—the difference is 10,000 times,” he stated.
“But it’ll be one of a kind—we will become fish, they (the AI) turn out to be like humans,” he stated.
“They will be 10,000 times smarter than us,” he informed President Lee, who has vowed to turn South Korea into an AI powerhouse.
Son evaluated against the relationship among this artificial super intelligence (ASI) and humankind to relations between humans and their pets.
“We try to make them happy… We try to stay in peace with them,” he stated.
“We do not want to eat them… ASI does now not consume protein. They don’t need to eat us—don’t worry.”
Lee answered giggling that he was “a bit worried now.”
He asked Son whether ASI should win a Nobel Prize in Literature, won last year via South Korean author Han Kang.
“I do not trust this is a perfect scenario,” Lee stated.
“I suppose it’ll,” Son replied.
ASI has been explained as a hypothetical situation when AI overtakes humans.
Scientists still think about it a long way off, however say a important first step—artificial general intelligence (AGI), which would surpass humans across most tasks—could reach within a decade.
Lee stated last month that Seoul would triple spending on AI next—a move “targeted toward propelling South Korea into the ranks of the world’s top three AI powers” at the back of America and China.
Also on Friday, Lee’s office stated South Korea would companion with Arm, SoftBank’s British semiconductor design unit, to train 1,400 chip professionals.
The project might offer support in “strengthening areas where South Korea’s semiconductor industry is surprisingly weak,” stated presidential policy consultant Kim Yong-beom.
