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SoftBank CEO: Shoes Will Be Smarter Than Humans In 30 Years

Swarajya Staff

Mar 01, 2017, 01:13 PM | Updated 01:13 PM IST

Pepper and Masayoshi Son, Chairman and Chief executive officer of SoftBank Corp talk during the news conference in Chiba, Japan. (Koki Nagahama/Getty Images)

Pepper and Masayoshi Son, Chairman and Chief executive officer of SoftBank Corp talk during the news conference in Chiba, Japan. (Koki Nagahama/Getty Images)

The CEO of SoftBank, a Japanese telecommunications and internet conglomerate, says that super-intelligent robots will not only outnumber humans in just a few decades, but will also be smarter. Masayoshi Son also claims that more than a trillion objects, including ordinary, household items like shoes, will be connected to the internet in thirty years, according toâ¦

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