Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has laid out his blueprint for the future of AI, and it’s about giving you “personal superintelligence”.
In a letter, the Meta chief painted a picture of what’s coming next, and he believes it’s closer than we think. He says his teams are already seeing early signs of progress.
“Over the last few months we have begun to see glimpses of our AI systems improving themselves,” Zuckerberg wrote. “The improvement is slow for now, but undeniable. Developing superintelligence is now in sight.”
So, what does he want to do with it? Forget AI that just automates boring office work, Zuckerberg and Meta’s vision for personal superintelligence is far more intimate. He imagines a future where technology serves our individual growth, not just our productivity.
In his words, the real revolution will be “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.”
But here’s where it gets interesting. He drew a clear line in the sand, contrasting his vision against a very different, almost dystopian alternative that he believes others are pursuing.
“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 of its output,” he stated.
Meta, Zuckerberg says, is betting on the individual when it comes to AI superintelligence. The company believes that progress has always come from people chasing their own dreams, not from living off the scraps of a hyper-efficient machine.
If he’s right, we’ll spend less time wrestling with software and more time creating and connecting. This personal AI would live in devices like smart glasses, understanding our world because they can “see what we see, hear what we hear.”
Of course, he knows this is powerful, even dangerous, stuff. Zuckerberg admits that superintelligence will bring new safety concerns and that Meta will have to be careful about what they release to the world. Still, he argues that the goal must be to empower people as much as possible.
Zuckerberg believes we’re at a crossroads right now. The choices we make in the next few years will decide everything.
“The rest of this decade seems likely to be the decisive period for determining the path this technology will take,” he warned, framing it as a choice between “personal empowerment or a force focused on replacing large swaths of society.”
Zuckerberg has made his choice. He’s focusing Meta’s enormous resources on building this personal superintelligence future.
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