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There is a second part that is equally bad, but with Zuck: https://old.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/1nkbqyk/...

Big tech has spent $155bn on AI this year. It’s about to spend hundreds of billions more https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/aug/02/big-tech-...

Re: Meta’s live demo fails; “AI” recording plays before the actor takes the steps

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I love how they randomly blame the WiFi network, like anyone is going to buy it.

It's almost certainly a joke. Everyone knows that the demo failed.

Maybe but it really didnt read like a joke..

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Live demos being hard isn't an excuse for cheating.

Despite the Reddit post's title, I don't think there's any reason to believe the AI was a recording or otherwise cheated. (Why would they record two slightly different voice lines for adding the pear?) It just really thought he'd combined the base ingredients.

So MetaAI is basically the dumb cousin of Siri? I didn‘t expect to ever write that.

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There is a second part that is equally bad, but with Zuck: https://old.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/1nkbqyk/...

As bad as I thought that was going to be, it was worse. And I set the bar very low for anything involving Zuck. #MustWatch

Re: Meta’s live demo fails; “AI” recording plays before the actor takes the steps

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Credit where it’s due: doing live demos is hard. Yesterday didn’t feel staged—it looked like the classic “last-minute tweak, unexpected break.” Most builders have been there. I certainly have (I once spent 6 hours at a hackathon and broke the Flask server keying in a last minute change on the steps of the stage before going on).

Yeah, I just watched it again and I’m mostly confused why the guy interrupted what sounded like a valid response. I wonder if his audio was delayed? Or maybe the response wasn’t what they rehearsed and he was trying to get it on track?

Because it was repeating what it had already described rather than moving on to the first step

Re: Meta’s live demo fails; “AI” recording plays before the actor takes the steps

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That wasn't prerecorded, but it was rigged. They probably practiced a few times and it confused the AI. Still it's no excuse. They've dropped Apollo-program level money on this and it's still dumb as a rock. I'm endless amazed that Meta has a ~2T market cap, yet they can't build products.

At this point, honesty is an oasis that is the 2025 year of scams and grifts. I'm just waiting for all the bubbles to pop.

It's been this way since natural internet user base growth dried up

Re: Meta’s live demo fails; “AI” recording plays before the actor takes the steps

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One important thing to note: demo didn't fail! (Or, at least not in the way people usually think of)

> You've already combined the base ingredients, so now grate a pear to add to the sauce.

This is actually the correct Korean recipe for bulgogi steak sauce. The only missing piece here is that the pear has to be Pyrus pyrifolia [1], not the usual pear. In fact every single Korean watching the demo was complaining about this...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrus_pyrifolia

Re: Meta’s live demo fails; “AI” recording plays before the actor takes the steps

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LMAO. Billions of dollars for this, seriously? Makes Bill Gates Win95 presentation BSOD fail look professional.

And LMAO for all the companies out there burning money for getting on the train of AI just because everyone does so.

Re: Meta’s live demo fails; “AI” recording plays before the actor takes the steps

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One important thing to note: demo didn't fail! (Or, at least not in the way people usually think of) > You've already combined the base ingredients, so now grate a pear to add to the sauce. This is actually the correct Korean recipe for bulgogi steak sauce. The only missing piece here is that the pear has to be Pyrus pyrifolia [1], not the usual pear. In fact every single Korean watching the demo was complaining abou…

Except that he hadn't already combined the base ingredients.

Re: Meta’s live demo fails; “AI” recording plays before the actor takes the steps

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

God, that's actually painful to watch. I can't believe I lasted two minutes.

Mark's definitely mastered optimizing for peak cringe factor while at 1.95T valuation.

Obligatory https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eBxTEoseZak
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