Top Bitkub warns Thailand to adapt to AI and Energy shift

MGR Online•Economy•2d ago

Reader Briefing

Jirayut Srupsrisopa outlines a new economic map driven by AI, energy, and geopolitics at a 2026 seminar.

•Jirayut Srupsrisopa presented insights from the World Economic Forum regarding five global change axes.
•The shift toward AI and robotics is moving the measure of economic size from population to energy production capacity.
•Thailand is warned to develop digital infrastructure to attract new types of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI).
•Geopolitical competition between the US and China is expanding from trade into technology and capital.

Overview

•In 2026, Jirayut Srupsrisopa spoke at a seminar for the high-level economic reporters' potential development project.
•Jirayut Srupsrisopa stated that the global economy is being reshaped by five axes: geopolitics, trade, global economy, technology, and the role of ASEAN.
•Jirayut Srupsrisopa noted that the US and China are competing via supply chains, advanced processing chips, and cross-border investment restrictions.
•Jirayut Srupsrisopa explained that AI and robots require electricity as a primary production factor, making cheap and sufficient clean energy a competitive advantage.
•Digital FDI is shifting toward data centers, processing chips, cloud systems, and AI platforms instead of traditional factories.
•Jirayut Srupsrisopa suggested that food security could become a high-value asset for medium-sized countries like Thailand during prolonged power conflicts.
•The ASEAN Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA) aims to integrate ASEAN's digital economy into a single market to increase bargaining power.
•Jirayut Srupsrisopa warned Thailand not to be trapped by old industrial models and to urgently accelerate digital infrastructure development.

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Key Quotes

Jirayut Srupsrisopa

"In 2026, the world is facing five of the largest simultaneous changes in decades, from geopolitics, trade, global economy, technology, to the role of ASEAN."

ปี 2569 โลกกำลังเผชิญการเปลี่ยนแปลงพร้อมกันห้าแกนที่ใหญ่ที่สุดในรอบหลายทศวรรษ ตั้งแต่ภูมิรัฐศาสตร์ การค้า เศรษฐกิจโลก เทคโนโลยี ไปถึงบทบาทของอาเซียน

Jirayut Srupsrisopa

"AI and robots will immensely increase economic productivity because they can work 24 hours a day, helping compensate for labor shortages and an aging society."

AI และหุ่นยนต์จะเพิ่มผลิตภาพทางเศรษฐกิจอย่างมหาศาล เพราะทำงานได้ตลอด 24 ชั่วโมง ช่วยชดเชยปัญหาขาดแคลนแรงงานและสังคมสูงวัย

Jirayut Srupsrisopa

"Do not look only at the old economy."

อย่ามองแค่เศรษฐกิจเก่า

Key Entities

Person

Jirayut Srupsrisopa(จิรายุส ทรัพย์ศรีโสภา)ℹ️

Founder and CEO of Bitkub Capital Group Holdings Co., Ltd.

Organization

Bitkub Capital Group Holdings(บิทคับ แคปปิตอล กรุ๊ป โฮลดิ้งส์)ℹ️

A company led by CEO Jirayut Srupsrisopa.

ASEAN(อาเซียน)ℹ️

A regional group whose role is one of the five main axes driving the future economy.

Place

United States(สหรัฐ)ℹ️

A superpower engaged in a technology and capital competition with China.

China(จีน)ℹ️

A superpower competing with the United States and adjusting its economic model toward domestic consumption.

Thailand(ไทย)ℹ️

A medium-sized country warned to adapt its infrastructure and leverage food security.

Policy

ASEAN Digital Economy Framework Agreement

A framework aiming to integrate ASEAN's digital economy into a single market.