SUN JUSTICE PREDICTS THAT IN 2040 THERE WILL BE A BILLION AI INTELLIGENT BODIES AND THAT AI WILL BE THE LARGEST INDUSTRY IN HUMAN HISTORY

ON 15 JULY, ACCORDING TO NEWS REPORTS READ IN JAPAN, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SOFT SILVER GROUP AND CEO SUN JUSTICE WEEK, AT ITS ANNUAL CONFERENCE, “SOFT SILVER WORLD”, HELD IN TOKYO ON TUESDAY, STATED THAT IT WAS EXPECTED THAT BY 2040, AI'S INTELLECTUALS WOULD REACH 1 TRILLION, HUMAN ROBOTS WOULD REACH 1 BILLION AND AI WOULD BECOME “THE LARGEST INDUSTRY IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND”. HE NOTED THAT AI WOULD CONTRIBUTE ABOUT 20 PER CENT OF GLOBAL GDP BY 2040 AND STATED THAT “A BILLION AI INTELLIGENTS INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER, THAT SOCIETY WILL SHIFT TO ONE CENTRED ON INTELLIGENCE RATHER THAN ON HUMAN BEINGS, AND THAT THE WORLD WILL CHANGE RADICALLY”. WITH REGARD TO THE EFFECTS OF HUMAN-SHAPED ROBOTS, SUN JUSTICE STATED THAT ROBOTS COULD OPERATE ON A 24-HOUR BASIS, AMOUNTING TO 3 BILLION HUMAN WORKERS, AND WOULD BE AT THE CORE OF THE WORKFORCE WITH FASTER, MORE PRECISE AND MORE NUANCED TASKS. AT THE SAME TIME, HE STRESSED THAT THE EXPANSION OF THE DATA CENTRE WAS KEY TO ACHIEVING THAT VISION AND THAT ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION WAS EXPECTED TO DOUBLE BY 2040, REQUIRING AN ANNUAL INVESTMENT OF ABOUT $5 TRILLION (80 TRILLION YEN). IN TERMS OF FUTURE OPERATIONAL STRATEGIES, SUN JUSTICE STATED THAT THE AI REVOLUTION SHOULD NOT BE LIMITED TO JAPAN, BUT MUST CONCENTRATE ON THE CORE BATTLEGROUND OF THE UNITED STATES. KIM XIAN