Computers running artificial intelligence programs will exceed human intelligence within three decades, Masayoshi Son, founder of the Japanese technology and telecommunications conglomerate SoftBank Group, said on Monday. From a report on Fortune: “I really believe this,” Son told a large audience at the Mobile World Congress, the telecom industry’s annual conference in Barcelona. A computer will have the IQ equal to 1,000 times the average human by that point, he said. Even clothing like a pair of sneakers will have more computing power that a person, Son joked. “We will be less than our shoes,” he said, to laughter. Asked if the rise of the computer could be dangerous for humankind, Son said that would be up to how people react. “I believe this artificial intelligence is going to be our partner,” he said. “If we misuse it, it will be a risk. If we use it right, it can be our partner.”
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