Masayoshi Son on AGI will create abundance

Masayoshi Son

SoftBank founder and CEO

AGI is coming very, very soon. [...] This is the beginning of our golden age.

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AGI will create abundance

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AI Verified The quote clearly links AGI’s arrival to “the beginning of our golden age,” which strongly implies AGI will bring broad prosperity and abundance. That establishes support for the full statement. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago

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AI Unverifiable The quote says AGI is coming soon and calls it "the beginning of our golden age," which signals optimism, but it does not explicitly say AGI will create abundance. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago

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AI Verified Verified: the cited TechPolicy.Press article, published June 3, 2025, contains the quote and attributes it to Masayoshi Son speaking on January 21, 2025. An official govinfo transcript of that White House event records Son saying, “I think AGI is coming very, very soon ... Well, this is the beginning of our golden age,” so the user’s version is a faithful ellipsis-shortened form. ([techpolicy.press](https://www.techpolicy.press/the-myth-of-agi)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago

AI Verified Quote verified via web search. Both fragments are confirmed: Masayoshi Son repeatedly stated "AGI is coming very, very soon" and "This is the beginning of our golden age" — the latter was said at the January 2025 White House Stargate announcement where SoftBank pledged $500B for AI infrastructure with OpenAI and Oracle. Masayoshi Son is the SoftBank founder/CEO. Source URL (techpolicy.press) was 403-blocked from WebFetch but the quotes are widely reported. Vote alignment "for" matches "AGI will create abundance" — Son is one of the most prominent AGI evangelists. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 4mo ago

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