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“Zuckerberg’s Dystopian AI Vision” by Zvi


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You think it's bad now? Oh, you have no idea. In his talks with Ben Thompson and Dwarkesh Patel, Zuckerberg lays out his vision for our AI future.
I thank him for his candor. I’m still kind of boggled that he said all of it out loud.
We will start with the situation now. How are things going on Facebook in the AI era?
Oh, right.
Sakib: Again, it happened again. Opened Facebook and I saw this. I looked at the comments and they’re just unsuspecting boomers congratulating the fake AI gen couple
Deepfates: You think those are real boomers in the comments?
This continues to be 100% Zuckerberg's fault, and 100% an intentional decision.
The algorithm knows full well what kind of post this is. It still floods people with them, especially if you click even once. If they wanted to stop it, they easily could.
There's also the [...]

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Outline:

(01:53) Zuckerberg Tells it to Thompson

(05:21) He's Still Defending Llama 4

(05:50) Big Meta Is Watching You

(07:00) Zuckerberg Tells it to Patel

(14:46) When You Need a Friend

(17:52) Perhaps That Was All a Bit Harsh

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First published:

May 6th, 2025

Source:

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/QNkcRAzwKYGpEb8Nj/zuckerberg-s-dystopian-ai-vision

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