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SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son Projects $9 Trillion Investment and 200 Million Chips for ASI, $900 Trillion for Generative AI

Oct 29, 2024, 04:02 PM

SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son has outlined the substantial investment required to achieve Artificial Super Intelligence (ASI), estimating a capital expenditure of $9 trillion and the production of 200 million chips. Son emphasized that this figure might be conservative, suggesting that the actual cost could be even higher. He highlighted the need for hundreds of billions of dollars in investment and noted that he is currently saving tens of billions to make significant moves in this field. Son's comments underscore the scale of economic coordination and mobilization needed, likening it to efforts greater than the Space Race and World War II combined. Additionally, Son predicted that generative AI will require $900 trillion in cumulative capital expenditure in data centers and chips in the future.