SoftBank chief Masayoshi Son said in Kyoto that rapid gains in AI capability raise safety risks and that countries need trust if they are to use the technology together.
SoftBank Group chief Masayoshi Son said on Sunday that he is worried about safety risks as artificial intelligence systems gain capabilities quickly. He spoke in Kyoto at an event on the sidelines of the Science and Technology in Society forum, Bloomberg reported.
Son, long one of the technology's most prominent investors, said an exponential rise in AI abilities makes it necessary for countries to build trust so they can use the technology together. He appeared alongside Michael Kratsios, the White House science and technology policy adviser.
Bloomberg's Japanese-language report said Son, 69, warned that superintelligence could become extremely dangerous if misused. The English report described the comments as a rare cautionary note from a fervent AI believer.
The remarks came during the annual STS forum gathering in Kyoto, a setting used by policymakers and executives to discuss science and technology. Bloomberg published a photograph of Son with Kratsios in Kyoto on 4 October.
Neither report set out a new SoftBank policy change or a regulatory proposal. The immediate record is Son's public warning, delivered beside a senior U.S. science adviser, that capability gains are outrunning the trust needed to manage them.