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06-22-2016, 10:41 PM
Softbank CEO says he must stay on to prepare for the robot revolt
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Yesterday, the Japanese business world was rocked when it was an**unced (http://mashable.com/2016/06/21/nikesh-arora/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) that would-be successor to Masayoshi Son, Nikesh Arora, would **t be taking over the top spot at Softbank (http://mashable.com/category/softbank/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) and is instead leaving the company.*
Arora's tweetstorm about the matter aside, there were many questions about the sudden shift for one of Japan's largest, most high-profile tech companies. On Wednesday, Son ******* some of the mystery by blaming the change on the unlikeliest reason imaginable: the Singularity
SEE ALSO: Why 'Her' Is the Best Movie Ever Made About the Singularity (http://mashable.com/2014/01/15/her-singularity/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
"I still have unfinished business regarding the Singularity," Son told the Nikkei. "I want to continue for at least a**ther five years." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/06/22/softbank-singularity-masayoshi-son/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Ray Kurzweil (http://mashable.com/category/ray-kurzweil/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Masayoshi Son (http://mashable.com/category/masayoshi-son/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Softbank (http://mashable.com/category/softbank/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Singularity (http://mashable.com/category/singularity/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and The Singularity (http://mashable.com/category/the-singularity/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/vvNMVZ7LyAE
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Yesterday, the Japanese business world was rocked when it was an**unced (http://mashable.com/2016/06/21/nikesh-arora/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) that would-be successor to Masayoshi Son, Nikesh Arora, would **t be taking over the top spot at Softbank (http://mashable.com/category/softbank/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) and is instead leaving the company.*
Arora's tweetstorm about the matter aside, there were many questions about the sudden shift for one of Japan's largest, most high-profile tech companies. On Wednesday, Son ******* some of the mystery by blaming the change on the unlikeliest reason imaginable: the Singularity
SEE ALSO: Why 'Her' Is the Best Movie Ever Made About the Singularity (http://mashable.com/2014/01/15/her-singularity/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
"I still have unfinished business regarding the Singularity," Son told the Nikkei. "I want to continue for at least a**ther five years." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/06/22/softbank-singularity-masayoshi-son/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Ray Kurzweil (http://mashable.com/category/ray-kurzweil/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Masayoshi Son (http://mashable.com/category/masayoshi-son/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Softbank (http://mashable.com/category/softbank/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Singularity (http://mashable.com/category/singularity/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and The Singularity (http://mashable.com/category/the-singularity/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/vvNMVZ7LyAE