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Meta’s “AI superintelligence” effort sounds just like its failed “metaverse” - Ars Technica


Zuckerberg and company talked up another supposed tech revolution four short years ago.

In a memo to employees earlier this week, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared a vision for a near-future in which "personal [AI] superintelligence for everyone" forms "the beginning of a new era for humanity." “You won't need a physical TV; it'll just be a one-dollar hologram from some high school kid halfway across the world… we'll be able to express ourselves in new joyful, completely immersive ways, and that's going to unlock a lot of amazing new experiences." A pre-rendered concept video showed metaverse users playing poker in a zero-gravity space station with robot avatars, then pausing briefly to appreciate some animated 3D art a friend had encountered on the street.

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