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Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly building an AI clone to replace him in meetings

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Re: Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly building an AI clone to replace him in meetings

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Post by alex1138 »

stvltvs wrote: post #34
ckastner wrote: post #23

I can understand the appeal; being able to be "present" without the time cost can mean (possibly significantly more) presence at the same cost. This could be very attractive especially to those managing personal relations, like sales representatives. But I'm surprised that the risks seem to be so underestimated. Once this clone exists, what happens if it gets out into the wild? Imagine everyone having full access do…

The real risk is when shareholders realize an LLM can do the CEO's job.

But you still get a lot of "shareholder responsibility" comments. Imagine a company that dumps sewage into a river (be that literal or metaphorical). Internet people come around to tell you this is the nature of capitalism and shareholder structure means (increasing?) return on investment is critical and so CEOs have to spend all their waking hours having to juggle this

Am I arguing against this? I don't know - I'm not an economist. But I would like to point out there is such a thing as shareholder fraud and the venn diagram between "sacrifice quality to please shareholders" and "deceiving shareholders" has to be one big intersecting circle, you know? Especially when the guy (Zuckerberg with dual-class shares) can't ever be fired

Re: Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly building an AI clone to replace him in meetings

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Post by Rekindle8090 »

I work at one of the big 3 hyperscalers, and of all the things my company is trying to use AI to replace, meetings, calendar management, emails are NOT one of them.

There have been too many high level conversations that can be summarized as: "If I send you an email, and an AI responds, I do not want to work with you."

Communication at work requires a reasonable boundary about what it means to have a professional relationship with another human being. You chose to work with a person because you trust their judgment, their word, their ability to commit to something in conversation and follow through. An AI clone can't commit to anything. It can't be held to what it said. It can't own a decision.

When you email someone, you are asking to talk to that person. When you sit in a meeting with someone, you are expecting that person's attention and judgment. Especially with business to business, the relationship is the product. There is no relationship with AI.

Respect and social contracts aside, right now, AI does not have the general intelligence to perform the executive function needed to find productivity and connect the dots, soft skill, stakeholder alignment etc.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly building an AI clone to replace him in meetings

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Post by alex1138 »

p1esk wrote: post #26
edhelas wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe CEO are the easiest job to replace. If the AI clone can do what the Zuck can do the board can fire him and save a lot of money.

The problem is - the board can’t fire him

You can thank Marc Andreessen whose world view is apparently limited solely to "Snowden is a traitor". Thank god someone like him has fuck you money and can shape the world to his desires

(And I've heard he stole Mosaic code, which I don't know if it's true but would be consistent)

Re: Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly building an AI clone to replace him in meetings

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Post by throwworhtthrow »

If you're the type of person who checks the comments on a post with this kind of headline, then you probably also want to (re-)watch the 2 minute highlight reel of Mark's backyard meat-smoking party. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBxTEoseZak

Re: Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly building an AI clone to replace him in meetings

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Post by nashadelic »

Waterluvian wrote: post #12
ex1fm3ta wrote: post #4

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Reminds me of Notch from Minecraft fame. Struck lightning once and everything since has been pretty mediocre because he was lucky, not talented.

if we're being serious, they made bets on instagram, whatsapp and now manus and are great 2nd, 3rd and 4th acts even if external.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly building an AI clone to replace him in meetings

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Post by sledgehammers »

Waterluvian wrote: post #12
ex1fm3ta wrote: post #4

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Reminds me of Notch from Minecraft fame. Struck lightning once and everything since has been pretty mediocre because he was lucky, not talented.

It does take tremendous talent and knowledge to build what he built, saying anything else is not just dishonest but weirdly cynical if not hateful. I think you grossly underestimate how difficult it is to build anything good. Not an easy thing to follow up all the expectations set after a massive global hit like that, a classic dilemma of a successful artist.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly building an AI clone to replace him in meetings

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Post by Waterluvian »

sledgehammers wrote: post #58
Waterluvian wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Reminds me of Notch from Minecraft fame. Struck lightning once and everything since has been pretty mediocre because he was lucky, not talented.

It does take tremendous talent and knowledge to build what he built, saying anything else is not just dishonest but weirdly cynical if not hateful. I think you grossly underestimate how difficult it is to build anything good. Not an easy thing to follow up all the expectations set after a massive global hit like that, a classic dilemma of a successful artist.

There's a level of talent necessary to be a one-hit-wonder, yes. But I think what makes someone a one-hit-wonder and not a career star is that their success was driven by luck more than by talent. In this case "luck" is being in the right place at the right time: that nexus where cultural and technological timing is perfect for a phenomenon to appear and take hold.
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