Anthropic, to their credit, just published that pretty funny paper about how they couldn't get their chatbot to run a single vending machine profitably[1]. Admirable that Mark is so visionary he's skipped straight past Bodega-intelligence to super-intelligence
just running on metas servers with metas software and metas tracking and algorithms.
> "This is distinct from others in the industry who believe superintelligence should be directed centrally towards automating all valuable work, and then humanity will live on a dole"
says the guy who spend most of the last 3 years laying people off.
theres just too much sliminess to dissect. i leave it at that.
one thing for sure, these evil megacorps will use this tech in a dystopian and extractive way. nothing ever changes.
"more meaningful impact on our lives will likely come from everyone having a personal superintelligence that helps you achieve your goals, create what you want to see in the world, experience any adventure, be a better friend to those you care about, and grow to become the person you aspire to be."
Meanwhile I can't properly find items that are listed on FB marketplace.
This stuff is naive. There's a bunch of people who want a large income (wealth) disparity, and they will fight to preserve it unless you give them an equivalent station in the 'new world'.
But you will still need to sustain ex-workers if they can't get normal jobs, and those same people at the top will not tolerate the taxes required to sustain a basic level of living for much wider population. They already can't tolerate the idea of a much smaller population using food assistance or healthcare from the government.
That leads me to think this is not really a visionary statement, but just a signal that Mark isn't intentionally trying to bring about a new dystopia, and here's his proof. And if a dystopia happens to come about, you can't blame him because he had pure intentions; clearly it was everyone else who just didn't agree with him and it's their fault.
Maybe make Meta a not-for-profit and there might be some credibility here.
I don’t know who will buy this puff piece of a utopian future brought to you by… Meta? Filled with scandal after negative world changing behaviors that they don’t stop? The ones that want to make money no matter what harms it does? Why would the future with even more powerful technology be any different?
Facebook / Meta and Mark in particular are an amazing case of someone who is, at least at this point, incapable of learning from past mistakes, or even recognizing the mistakes they have made and are continuing to make.
Facebook's mission of "connecting the world" turned out to be the absolute worst thing anyone should ever try to do. Humans are social creatures, yes, but every connection we make costs energy to maintain, and at a certain point (Dunbar's Number) we apply the minimal amount of energy and effort. With Internet anonymity, that means we are actually incapable of treating each other as people on the Internet, leading to the rise of toxicity and much, much worse.
Mark has never understood this, and as his fortune is built around not understanding this, he never will.
There is nothing good that will come from Meta's "superintelligence" and this vision is proof.
The effect of Meta products from 2006~2022 has been disastrous for humanity. Social media companies are the new big tobacco. Allowing them to play a leading role in the development of AGI would probably be fatal for democracy around the world. I would not trust a single word that comes out of Mark Zuckerberg's mouth
“As recently as 200 years ago, 90% of people were farmers growing food to survive. Advances in technology have steadily freed much of humanity to focus less on subsistence and more on the pursuits we choose”
More people today are dying from starvation than people existed on earth 200 years ago. Celebrating our achievements in making shareholders rich is one thing, but to take credit for freeing the people. Yikes. Mark is more out of touch than seems possible.
Any time a CEO publishes such empty, wordy essays, it's probably earnings reporting time. I can't shake the feeling it's a public subreply at one of or a cluster of doubting investors, who started to doubt the CEOs vision for the company, or find the lack of one on a certain topic concerning.
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[ 4.5 ms ] story [ 59.9 ms ] threadIt is always abundance for the super rich, scarcity for those in jobs.
How can I be free to do my gardening whenever I want when the landlord is asking for $11K rent in my SF flat?
So eventually they will do the opposite of this 'vision' and put this super intelligence to replace jobs.
Also, what happened to the Metaverse that Meta invested hundreds of billions as per their namesake?
[1]https://www.anthropic.com/research/project-vend-1?ref=blog.m...
Does the average American worker today spend a ton of time in productivity software?
I know and Zuckerberg surely knows the impact on labor will be much more pervasive than that, so it seems like an odd way to frame the future.
>We believe the benefits of superintelligence should be shared with the world as broadly as possible.
So... ads.
just running on metas servers with metas software and metas tracking and algorithms.
> "This is distinct from others in the industry who believe superintelligence should be directed centrally towards automating all valuable work, and then humanity will live on a dole"
says the guy who spend most of the last 3 years laying people off.
theres just too much sliminess to dissect. i leave it at that.
one thing for sure, these evil megacorps will use this tech in a dystopian and extractive way. nothing ever changes.
Meanwhile I can't properly find items that are listed on FB marketplace.
1. LLMs and "AI" broadly can become a very useful and powerful technology that can have a transformative effect on industry and so on.
2. Talk of "superintelligence" is total horseshit.
Can you put a date on this please?
Thanks, tantalor
But you will still need to sustain ex-workers if they can't get normal jobs, and those same people at the top will not tolerate the taxes required to sustain a basic level of living for much wider population. They already can't tolerate the idea of a much smaller population using food assistance or healthcare from the government.
That leads me to think this is not really a visionary statement, but just a signal that Mark isn't intentionally trying to bring about a new dystopia, and here's his proof. And if a dystopia happens to come about, you can't blame him because he had pure intentions; clearly it was everyone else who just didn't agree with him and it's their fault.
Maybe make Meta a not-for-profit and there might be some credibility here.
EDIT:
to clarify, this is sarcasm
Facebook's mission of "connecting the world" turned out to be the absolute worst thing anyone should ever try to do. Humans are social creatures, yes, but every connection we make costs energy to maintain, and at a certain point (Dunbar's Number) we apply the minimal amount of energy and effort. With Internet anonymity, that means we are actually incapable of treating each other as people on the Internet, leading to the rise of toxicity and much, much worse.
Mark has never understood this, and as his fortune is built around not understanding this, he never will.
There is nothing good that will come from Meta's "superintelligence" and this vision is proof.
Does anyone know what this is referring to?
I don't think anyone knows what he is referring to. Maybe AlphaEvolve? Certainly not Llama.
More people today are dying from starvation than people existed on earth 200 years ago. Celebrating our achievements in making shareholders rich is one thing, but to take credit for freeing the people. Yikes. Mark is more out of touch than seems possible.
Any time a CEO publishes such empty, wordy essays, it's probably earnings reporting time. I can't shake the feeling it's a public subreply at one of or a cluster of doubting investors, who started to doubt the CEOs vision for the company, or find the lack of one on a certain topic concerning.