The debate over AI, utopian or dystopian, is heating up. But AI is not merely a technology; it is a new civilization. The birth of a new civilization is always accompanied by anxiety and fear. On top of that, the race for AI supremacy has already turned into a game of chicken, which means no one can afford to stop first.
Still, I am an optimist. I believe AI can be controlled.
So how should we prepare for this new civilization? We need to learn the technical side of AI, and we also need to prepare for the social transformation it will bring. As SoftBank chairman Masayoshi Son has stressed, in the end there is no choice but to study AI hard. The future is not something to be predicted; it is something we create.