Explosive 'AI Demand' Agreed Upon by Masayoshi Son and Sam Altman

Korea Economic Daily

Summary

Chairman Masayoshi Son and CEO Sam Altman stated that more computing capacity must be built to respond to the demand for artificial intelligence (AI).
CEO Altman explained that as AI costs decrease, usage will increase significantly and the demand for intelligence is extremely large.
Chairman Son said he wants to deploy 1 billion AI agents at SoftBank Group and design an operating system for them.

"Building More Computing Capacity Is Essential"

*Masayoshi Son, Chairman of SoftBank Group, is leaving Samsung Seocho Tower, Seocho-gu, Seoul, on the afternoon of February 4. Photo=Kim Beom-jun, Reporter*

Masayoshi Son, Chairman of Japan's SoftBank Group, and Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, agreed that it is essential to continue building more computing capacity due to the growing demand for artificial intelligence (AI).

Bloomberg reported on the 16th that Chairman Son and CEO Altman, via video connection at the SoftBank World event attended by Japanese business figures and others, emphasized that the advancement of AI will lead to unimaginable new jobs and that developments in robotics will help initiate unending 'self-development.'

In response to Chairman Son's question about profit reduction due to expansion, CEO Altman said, "As AI costs go down, more people want to use AI," and added, "If we reduce AI costs by a factor of 10, people will want to use it 30 times more. It's that kind of thing. The demand for intelligence seems truly enormous."

The topic of their conversation that day was 'self-replicating innovation.' CEO Altman mentioned robots that can make other robots, while Chairman Son mainly discussed the idea of AI agents that can learn by themselves and create new things to enhance productivity. Chairman Son expressed his desire to deploy 1 billion AI agents at SoftBank Group this year and to design an operating system for these AI agents.

Subin Park, Hankyung.com Reporter waterbean@hankyung.com

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