Zuckerberg says AI superintelligence is ‘in sight,’ touts ‘new era of personal empowerment’
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday that the creation of superintelligent artificial intelligence is “now in sight” and that it will herald a “new era of personal empowerment.”
Zuckerberg said that Meta’s approach will be “different from others in the industry” because it will focus on developing AI superintelligence to benefit people’s personal life, rather than directing AI to automate work — a rising concern as more and more companies move to replace entry-level roles with AI.
“AI keeps accelerating, and over the past few months, we’ve begun to see glimpses of AI systems improving themselves,” Zuckerberg said in a video posted on Facebook. “So developing superintelligence is now in sight, but there’s this big open question about what we should direct superintelligence towards.”
“I think that an even more meaningful impact in our lives is going to come from everyone having a personal superintelligence that helps you achieve your goals, create what you want to see in the world, be a better friend and grow to become the person that you aspire to be,” Zuckerberg said.
Zuckerberg announced last month the creation of Meta Superintelligence Labs, a new unit of the company that will work to develop these new technological capabilities. This venture toward superintelligence is projected to cost Meta “hundreds of billions of dollars,” Zuckerberg has previously said. The company also has plans to build several AI “superclusters” for the development of superintelligence, one of which is slated to be completed by next year.
People have increasingly been turning to AI chatbots for personal reasons, with a survey from Elon University finding that 51% of respondents use large language models for personal endeavors rather than work-related activities.
Zuckerberg added in the video that he believes “personal devices like glasses” could be a big part of superintelligence in everyday life, nodding to Meta’s development of AI glasses.
“I believe deeply in building personal superintelligence for everyone,” Zuckerberg said. “And at Meta, we have the resources to build the massive infrastructure required and the ability to deliver new technology to billions of people.”
Meta is on a recruiting spree for top talent in AI. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said last month that Meta was attempting to poach OpenAI employees by offering them $100 million bonuses and compensation packages. Altman added that “so far none of our best people have decided to take them up on that.”
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