ASI

ON SEPTEMBER 25TH, AN ANNUAL CLOUD-NAVIGATION CONFERENCE TOOK PLACE IN HANGZHOU. AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, A KEYNOTE ADDRESS WAS DELIVERED BY THE CEO OF THE ALIBABA GROUP, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE ALIYUN SMART GROUP AND THE CEO WU MIO SONG, IN WHICH WU SAID THAT ACHIEVING AGI WAS A CERTAIN EVENT, BUT THAT IT WAS ONLY THE STARTING POINT, AND THAT THE ULTIMATE GOAL WAS TO DEVELOP A SUPER-ARTICULAR INTELLIGENCE (ASI) THAT WAS SELF-REPEATING AND COMPREHENSIVELY TRANSCENDING HUMANS TO ADDRESS MAJOR SCIENTIFIC CHALLENGES SUCH AS CLIMATE, ENERGY, AND INTERSTELLAR TRAVEL. THE U.S.S.G. DESCRIBES THE THREE-STAGE EVOLUTION ROUTE TO THE ASI: FIRST STAGE: "INTELLECTUAL EMERGENCE", "AI THROUGH..."

Oct. 31 (Bloomberg) -- SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son reiterated on Tuesday (29) his belief that artificial superintelligence (ASI) is on the horizon and that hundreds of billions of dollars will be needed to realize the vision, according to Reuters. Speaking to global business, technology and financial leaders at a conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Mr. Son said artificial superintelligence will be 10,000 times more intelligent than the human brain and is expected to be born by 2035. He is currently raising funds to prepare for the next "big step". He predicts that the infrastructure for future generative AI...