The CEO of a $55 billion conglomerate explains why the Japanese concept of 'kosoryoku' is so important in the AI age
THE SO WHAT
When a $55B industrial conglomerate CEO says AI lacks kosoryoku—future-envisioning capacity—he’s drawing a hard line between automation and direction-setting. For operators, that’s a reminder to automate execution aggressively while protecting and training the small group that still has to decide what future the machines are building toward.
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