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SoftBank Group leader Masayoshi Son is one of the strongest believers in artificial intelligence, but even he says he is worried about security risks as machines are rapidly gaining more capabilities. Speaking at an event on the sidelines of the "Technology and Society" forum in Kyoto on Sunday, Son said the exponential growth in the capabilities of artificial intelligence requires countries to build mutual trust in order to jointly harness the technology. He was speaking alongside White House science and technology policy adviser Michael Kratsios.
On October 4, Masayoshi Son and Michael Kratsios were in Kyoto.
"We no longer have the luxury of letting humans fight each other," Son said. Countries need to work together to control the greater threat posed by powerful artificial intelligence models. He said superintelligence could become "super dangerous" if it fell into the wrong hands.
The warning is rare for Son and reflects rising concerns after disturbing safety incidents involving artificial intelligence models in recent months. The 69-year-old Japanese billionaire has invested nearly $65 billion of SoftBank's capital in ChatGPT developer OpenAI and has been touting artificial intelligence's ability to bring returns on investment and help humans for years.
Kratsios was visiting Kyoto to announce a U.S.-led collaboration covering 17 countries to better use artificial intelligence to speed up scientific research. Representatives from many countries, including Japan, South Korea, the United Kingdom, Germany, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates, took the stage with Kratsios to witness this moment.
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