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Sources: Meta is building photorealistic, AI-powered 3D characters; source: Mark Zuckerberg helped train and test his AI character to offer feedback to staff

Meta is building an artificial intelligence version of Mark Zuckerberg that can engage with employees in his stead …

Financial Times

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  • @hypervisible.blacksky.app @hypervisible.blacksky.app on bluesky
    “...the character is being trained on the billionaire's mannerisms, tone and publicly available statements, as well as his own recent thinking on company strategies, so that employees might feel more connected to the founder through interactions with it.”
  • @marypcbuk Mary Branscombe on bluesky
    Before Jobs died he had effectively trained senior leaders at Apple to be mini-me's who knew his taste in their particular area and after he died Apple University replicated that training; it effectively preserved the company in amber.  Meta is having a go at scaling that [embedd…
  • @starcourse Nicholas Beale on x
    This is hilarious at many levels. Including the strategic genius who pivoted his whole company to the Metaverse getting back into hands-on programming. https://www.ft.com/... via @ft
  • r/BetterOffline r on reddit
    Meta builds AI version of Mark Zuckerberg to interact with staff: Part of wider push to develop ‘personal superintelligence’
  • @tunguz Bojan Tunguz on x
    You mean the version they had interacted before with was human?
  • @initjean @initjean on x
    what's the difference with the real one?
  • @synthwavedd Leo on x
    why did they do this? are they stupid? he already is
  • @karlbode.com Karl Bode on bluesky
    behold, a poorly constructed simulacrum of a pasty, charmless manbaby that provides useless insight into your doomed attempts at pseudo-innovation  —  you're welcome, employees!
  • @morqon Morgan on x
    meta's logical conclusion is cloning zuck [image]
  • @retornam @retornam on bluesky
    Mark serving as a PM on his own avatar this time so he doesn't get laughed at like the last go around.  —  bsky.app/profile/tech...  [embedded post]
  • @thomasfuchs.at @thomasfuchs.at on bluesky
    Facebook engineers had to work hard for months to make the facsimile looking less like a human to better match Zuckerberg
  • r/antiwork r on reddit
    Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly building an AI clone to replace him in meetings |  The AI version of Zuckerberg is trained on his mannerisms …
  • r/agi r on reddit
    Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly building an AI clone to replace him in meetings |  The AI version of Zuckerberg is trained on his mannerisms, tone, and public statements.
  • @harri Harriet Weber on bluesky
    I think we'll be looking back on AI CEOs like we do the Pets dot com sock puppet.  —  www.theguardian.com/technology/ 2...
  • @petereharrell Peter Harrell on x
    I can think of few things that would make me quit a job faster than the corporate CEO creating an AI avatar of himself that could really and truly micromanage my work life..... https://www.ft.com/...
  • @lukolejnik Lukasz Olejnik on x
    Is it time to replace some people with AI avatars? Meta is considering this. https://www.ft.com/... [image]
  • @stevehou Steve Hou on x
    Meta staff every morning [image]
  • @stocksavvyshay Shay Boloor on x
    It is a pretty clear sign Meta wants AI to evolve into lifelike digital agents.
  • @fjeronimo Francisco Jeronimo on x
    Why not? An AI version of ourselves is something we all will have in the future. This could very well become one of the defining tech trends of the next decade. 🔗 https://www.ft.com/... [image]
  • @badideas Aaron Stewart-Ahn on bluesky
    Another genius Lex Luthor move to show the entire world that you as CEO, who blew $80 billion on VR nobody wanted, are replaceable by AI [embedded post]
  • @paulwaldman Paul Waldman on bluesky
    Every time Zuck appears in public it's an absolute PR disaster, yet he keeps saying “I should be the one to do this product launch” and you have to conclude that every time, his lackeys say “That was terrific, sir!  Nobody noticed when the AI glasses fell off your face and you po…
  • @apocalypticanow @apocalypticanow on bluesky
    The billionaires are deeply frightened by death.  [embedded post]
  • @followtheh Tom Hearden on bluesky
    Remember when Facebook put Zuck out on the make Mark relatable tour of America?  Now they're just like what if we made a social awkward weirdo AI clone, would that be good? [embedded post]
  • @samadams Sam Adams on bluesky
    gonna be weird when the AI has a midlife crisis and gets a really dumb haircut [embedded post]
  • @rincewind.run Micah on bluesky
    well at least we don't have to worry about this chatbot convincing anyone it's human [embedded post]
  • r/Neuromancer r on reddit
    Guys...