SoftBank’s Son Makes a Pitch for Japan-Led Asia AI Superpower
- Southeast Asia and Japan could match U.S., China AI dominance
- Son addresses scientists and bureaucrats at a symposium Tokyo
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SoftBank Group Corp. founder Masayoshi Son has a solution to Japan’s decades-long economic malaise. Not surprisingly, it involves artificial intelligence.
Japan can boost growth by joining with India and Southeast Asian countries in creating a common AI platform, Son told scientists and government bureaucrats who gathered in Tokyo on Tuesday for the government’s Moonshot symposium. He envisions Japan taking a leading role and believes the combined populations and markets could give the countries a fighting chance against the behemoths of China and the U.S., which share the lead in AI, he said.