Masayoshi Son says advanced AI could be 10,000 times smarter than humans, comparing future relations to humans and their pets.
SEOUL: SoftBank CEO and prominent AI investor Masayoshi Son said advanced artificial intelligence could surpass humans to such a degree that “we become fish”.
Meeting South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Friday, Son described a future where super AI is 10,000 times smarter than humanity.
“The difference between the human brain and the… goldfish in the pot — the difference is 10,000 times,” he said.
“But it’s going to be different — we will become fish, they (the AI) become like humans.”
Son, whose SoftBank is a major backer of ChatGPT maker OpenAI, compared the future relationship to that between humans and their pets.
“We try to make them happy… we try to live in peace with them,” he said.
“We don’t need to eat them… ASI does not eat protein. They don’t need to eat us — don’t worry.”
President Lee, who has vowed to turn South Korea into an AI powerhouse, responded laughing that he was “a bit concerned now”.
He then asked Son if such artificial super intelligence could win a Nobel Prize in Literature, a category won last year by South Korean author Han Kang.
“I do not believe this is a desirable situation,” Lee said.
“I think it will,” Son replied.
Artificial super intelligence is a hypothetical scenario where AI overtakes human capabilities.
Scientists still consider it a long way off but say a crucial first step, artificial general intelligence, could arrive within a decade. – AFP
