SoftBank's Masayoshi Son predicts 100 trillion self-replicating AIs: "humans' era as top life form is ending"
Puzzleheaded-King584 · reddit · 2026-09-11
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son — whose firm is a top OpenAI investor — predicts 100 trillion self-replicating, self-evolving AIs are coming, declaring that "the age in which humans are the highest life form is ending" and "they will surpass us," adding "whether that is good or bad is another matter."
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