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Inside Blackstone · 3 min · Oct 13, 2026
Son recommends studying AI and uses it as a daily thought partner
Masayoshi Son recommends pairing AI with any specialty and says he uses it for hours each day. He treats it as a thought partner, challenging its answers to develop ideas.
Founder & CEO, SoftBank
Founded SoftBank in 1981 and leads SoftBank Group, a major investor in AI, chips and data centers.
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Christine Anderson, Host · Global Head of Corporate Affairs, Blackstone
About this segment
Masayoshi Son recommends pairing AI with any specialty and says he uses it for hours each day. He treats it as a thought partner, challenging its answers to develop ideas.
From “SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son: Superintelligence, AI Investing, and the Future of Robotics”, Oct 13, 2026. Watch the full episode
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“On the weekend, I spend maybe seven hours a day on the weekend.”
Masayoshi Sonat 18:43 · Inside Blackstone18:43Takeaways
- He recommends studying AI alongside a chosen specialty.
- He estimates using AI three hours a day on weekdays.
- He says weekend use can reach seven hours a day.
In this episode
Full episode- 12:30Son argues AI safety requires progress, not a slowdown2:53
- 15:11SoftBank backs the AI ecosystem and its robotics portfolio2:20
- 24:58Schwarzman sees AI as a decades-long investment shift3:43
- 1:05AI implementation needs business and technology leaders together3:23
- 4:29Cloud revenue is beginning to reflect AI infrastructure spending2:47
17:18Son recommends studying AI and uses it as a daily thought partner2:38
Transcript
From the transcript Inside Blackstone publishes with the episode.
- 17:26
you know, cleverness getting in to see the Head of McDonald's Japan and asking him one question, which is: what should you study? And I'm just curious, what would, if someone asked you today what to study, what would the answer be? AI. AI. Yes, superintelligence. If you're interested in medicines, okay? The superintelligence for medicine make it much more productive medicine, okay? Superintelligence for the automotive.
- 18:04
If you're interested in automotive, you know, subject. Superintelligence with automotive as a combination be the real supercar, right? So, every subject, airplane or, you know, the whatever the business you want to get in, the specialist you want to be. It's accelerated. Yeah, you bring the superintelligence combined. Then you have the future of that subject into success. How do you use AI in your daily life?
- 18:36
How would you encourage CEOs to be using AI? Oh my God. I... It’s too many ways to imagine. I, myself, I'm using now three hours a day, maybe, on the week. On the weekend, I spend maybe seven hours a day on the weekend. On the weekend… And you're talking to the AI and asking questions and iterating? Yeah. What are you doing? Yeah, I cannot now live without it, you know? Even one day I cannot live without it now. Wow.
- 19:10
It's so productive, so exciting. And people say, hey, you know, when AI, if you use, you don't use the brain, it's the opposite. It's totally opposite, okay? It's like having a thought partner. When you start, you know, debating, right? Discussing. If the AI says this, I say, oh, but what about this angle? Can you make it 20% more efficient? Can you do this and get that? You can debate, right? Brainstorm.
- 19:42
It's my thought mate now. If you're an investor, what should you really be thinking about? There's so much to learn,