Artificial intelligence is capable of helping solve some of the world's biggest problems and could potentially surpass the intelligence of humankind, according to SoftBank's Masayoshi Son.
"Mankind was the smartest animal on the earth — AI is going to surpass, and surpass big time."
The SoftBank founder and CEO called himself a "big believer" in AI, adding that Arm is a "core" beneficiary of the AI revolution.
Arm's initial public offering Thursday may bring an end to a nearly two-year-long drought in large-scale technology initial public offerings.
I'm optimistic that AI is going to solve the issues that mankind couldn't solve in the past."
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Masayoshi, SoftBank's, CNBC's David Faber, Mankind, Son, he's, —, Scott Schnipper
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Arm Holdings, Nasdaq, Federal Reserve, University of California, Forbes, Yahoo
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Tokyo, Berkeley