South Korea's president met SoftBank chair Masayoshi Son as global tech firms shift focus from AGI (artificial general intelligence) to ASI (artificial superintelligence). Companies including Meta and AWS are investing heavily in computing infrastructure, custom AI chips, and data centers—some even discussing restarting nuclear power—to pursue systems that could surpass human intelligence by orders of magnitude. Supporters envision ASI within a decade, while critics warn the term may be premature marketing: current large language models (LLMs) rely on statistical patterns and lack true reasoning or consciousness. Korean experts say preparing for ASI signals long-term strategic planning, but emphasize ASI remains mostly theoretical and not yet a concrete scientific milestone.
