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   Minoru Saba (minorusaba@toad.social)'s status on Friday, 04-Oct-2024 09:39:25 JST Minoru Saba

   "Citing progress by Japanese companies in developing smaller, energy-efficient systems, [SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son] said, "Many people say these are beautiful and Japanese-style efforts, but to me, it's just an excuse" for working with a limited budget"
   "...and reiterated his ambition to realize artificial superintelligence "10,000 times smarter than humans" within the next decade"
   https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241003/p2g/00m/0bu/054000c
   🔸More money than sense begets creepy hubris.

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     Minoru Saba (minorusaba@toad.social)'s status on Friday, 04-Oct-2024 09:49:00 JST Minoru Saba

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     "[SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son] said, ”There is no need to fear. ASI (artificial superintelligence) systems will take care of us and be in harmony with us. This world of superintelligence will come within 10 years” "
     #FamousLastWords #hubris #softbank
     https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20241003_B06/
     🔸More urgent than ever to tax obscene wealth to stop these dangerous delusions😡