Red definition of the industry by AI and the sense of crisis that Masayoshi Son blurred in "Soft Bank World 2018" that regulates it
On July 19, the SoftBank Group's business exhibition "SoftBank World 2018" has begun.In the keynote speech at the beginning of the event, Mr. Masayoshi Son, Chairman and President of SoftBank Group, talked about the future of the information revolution that the company has raised, stating that "what controls AI controls the future."。
Who has refused the future
For some time, Mr. Son has repeatedly talked about the future of "singularity (technical singularity = point that exceeds human intelligence)" in public places such as financial results presentations.However, this time, we not only show its existence as a concept, but also concretely appealed from the perspective of "redefinition of industry by AI" where human beings actually headed by technology.
In this lecture, Mr. Son said that he would make a warning bell with the strengths of the country that regulates new things to protect old things, as well as the ideas that are not positive for the use of AI, the transformation of AI.Repeated.
"I don't know the future, so I should live as much as I want. I sometimes say that, but is that really good? Many Japanese are passive and reality.It is full of how to respond to it. I have a sense of crisis. "(Son)
"For example, in Japan, riding share is prohibited by law. I can't believe that there is still such a stupid country. The government stops the future that will come.I want to protect the future because I want to protect it. It is an unthinkable situation. If not only the country but also companies and individuals can imagine the future of AI, and if people think that it is safer for humans to do it, they will refuse the future.I guess it has been gone. "(Son)
Those that control AI control the future
In 2017, SoftBank established a 10 trillion yen investment fund "SoftBank Vision Fund" with investment in Saudi Arabia PIFs, Apple, and Quarcom.We are investing in many technology companies that are at the tip of the world.We do business in different industrial fields, but what is common is that AI is a breakthrough.Following 2017, some of the companies presented the business content in the keynote speech this time.
Softbank is "AI to AI"
Looking back on the presentations of each company, Son summarized the center of the information revolution, saying, "It starts with a PC, it becomes the Internet, it becomes a mobile Internet, and it is trying to replace AI."He said the SoftBank Group said, "I wanted to introduce that I was going to AI."
"It is said that SoftBank has changed from a telecommunications company to an investment company. It is true that it is investing, but that alone makes you misunderstand the original SoftBank. Softbank is the Internet.We have invested a lot in a company and have created groups, but in the past year, we have started building families with the top companies in the AI world rapidly.
As a new media that turns into a conventional media, advertising revenue has been used as the main business model, but AI changes the industry itself, that is, "all industries are redefined in AI", and Mr. Son repeatedly emphasizes.increase.As with Internet giants such as Amazon and Google today, SoftBank Vision Funds may have appeared in the SoftBank Vision Fund 10 or 15 years later.
Finally, here are some companies that gave a presentation in the keynote speech.
