At Meta Connect, Mark Zuckerberg was the whole show, giving it a “Zuck or nothing” feel, and he has never seemed more intent on claiming the mantle of innovator
The company has an expansive vision for the future — and until then, some incremental updates
Platformer Casey Newton
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Discussion
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@crumbler
Casey Newton
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I wrote about today's Zuck-or-nothing Meta Connect https://www.platformer.news/ ... [image]
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@alexfinnx
Alex Finn
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Craziest story arc ever Zuck goes from evil incel who the entire world hates to evil tech rizz master who is somehow likable Historic turnaround. Study this. [image]
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@ai_for_success
AshutoshShrivastava
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Zuck showing Meta's new glasses,it's called Orion. [video]
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@richardhanania
Richard Hanania
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Zuckerberg is now a libertarian, or classical liberal. This appears not to be a conversion where politics becomes important to him like Elon, at least not yet, but it seems that he just doesn't want the headache of conservatives yelling at him all the time. [image]
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@rihardjarc
Rihard Jarc
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$META's iPhone moment [Zuckerberg unveiling/describing the tech in the Orion]
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@teortaxestex
@teortaxestex
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Stuff like this is why I say Zuck has the makings of a great statesman, LKY tier. He kept pushing with Reality Labs and Metaverse for decades, in the face of mounting costs, ridicule by snarky peons, stack changes. And now he shall seize this market. That's how you run empires.
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@inflammateomnia
@inflammateomnia
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yknow I was never on the zuck hate train he was just a boss nerd. gates was ruthless, jobs was jobs, they're just doing the best they can but somehow, without my willing it, just from arm's-length observation, an opinion of sam altman has coalesced in my head and it's not good
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@razin
Razin Mustafiz
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In case you were wondering, Zuck's shirt says “either Zuck or nothing” in Latin. [image]
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@nikitabier
Nikita Bier
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Zuck is the new Jobs [image]
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@snazzylabs
Quinn Nelson
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If you had told me 5-years-ago that Mark Zuck would be more widely revered in the public eye than Elon Musk, I'd have thought the world ended.
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@lulumeservey
Lulu Cheng Meservey
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Respectfully but candidly: On the image front, it feels like Zuck has been getting fluffed a bit too much and has jumped the shark. The email leak (below) changed the dynamic. The “based awakening” thing worked because it felt effortless and insouciant. Recently, it's been
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@nearcyan
Near
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@netcapgirl
Sophie
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i know meta has invested a lot into reality labs and they probably would have built the glasses anyway but i can't help thinking about how badly he must want to destroy snapchat lol. evan turns down the acquisition, zuck puts stories into everything and now has better AR glasses …
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@deliprao
@deliprao
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zuck casually dropping in jensen as one of the glass test subjects is the most alpha-ceo thing i've seen
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@alexheath
Alex Heath
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And here's my full interview (audio podcast and video) with @zuck. We talk about a lot: why he thinks AR glasses are they future, AI, why he's done with politics, and more https://www.theverge.com/...
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@reckless1280
Nilay Patel
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This is broadly how basically every tech company feels about the value of AI training data — they are using so much of it no single creator or publisher matters, and they're striking deals to keep the loudest happy. Sort of good that @zuck just came right out and said it on Deco…
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@w3stfa11
Gabriel Flores
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Excellent Threads related questions by @alexheath with @zuck! — Definitely seems like Zuck and team want to take things in a slightly different direction (in regard to politics on Threads) to achieve a billion-person app (something Twitter never did) …
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@alexcartaz
Alex
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AR glasses replacing your phone seems insane to me Some activities / use cases are streamlined via audio I/O, and some via AR visuals, but the majority of things ppl do on their phone are not. AR will likely eventually be huge and great in many ways but not a phone replacement
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@jimprosser
Jim Prosser
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I have to imagine the aftermath of the 2016 election/Cambridge Analytica looms large in Zuck's head as he makes a full-throated defense on child safety concerns here. He got rolled by the conventional wisdom when he recanted his assertions then. No more. https://www.theverge.co…
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@abelian_cat
Paul Pantea
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Zuck on Deocder with @alexheath about Meta's partnership with EssilorLuxottica: Italy has set up to be the place to build the next generation of smart glasses, like South Korea is the hub for building smartphones. Eurobros, we're so back 🇪🇺
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@nick_statt
Nick Statt
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So @alexheath sat down with Zuckerberg this year for Meta Connect. He had a lot of spicy things to say, particularly around the AI training debate, getting blamed for Cambridge Analytica, the link between teen mental health and products like Instagram, and his current hands-off …
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@reckless1280
Nilay Patel
on threads
Second exclusive alert: @zuck is on a special video episode of Decoder this week, interviewed by @alexheath. Lots in here — everything from Threads to politics to the future of AR tech https://www.theverge.com/...
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@maxwinebach
Max Weinbach
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So this video from The Verge on Project Orion from Meta shows me sorta 2 things 1. The hardware can exist, but not at the scale that's needed for any retail device 2. The silicon is basically there, and only gets better from here, but we're waiting on hardware to catch up
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@jason_kint
Jason Kint
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Oh come on, Alex Heath. It's one thing to let Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg spread misleading history as part of your getting access and an exclusive interview but it's another thing to do it for him. You stated this for him rather than fact-checking on what actually happened? /1 …
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