SingularityRecord · son-2017
Masayoshi Son
CEO, SoftBank Group
Why they matterFounder and CEO of SoftBank Group; major AI investor
- Status
- Closed
- Prediction made
- 2017
- Predicted arrival
- 2018
- Interval
- 1 yrs
“In the next 30 years, the singularity will happen… Within one year, computers will surpass human beings on the IQ test.”
Context
Son gave both a long-run and a near-term claim.
Why it is considered incorrect
No general-purpose system surpassed humans on standard IQ tests within a year of the keynote.
Source
Keynote, Mobile World Congress — MWC Barcelona