Mark Zuckerberg is the latest big tech boss to have penned a lengthy message to enshrine his vision for AI<\/p>\n
This past week, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg published a 6,500 word open letter, external entitled "The Future is for Everyone".<\/p>\n
To some, it's an expression of hope in AI's promise. To others, it's little more than a verbose public relations exercise.<\/p>\n
Zuckerberg's manifesto is the latest example of a tech boss opining on why AI is the next big thing.<\/p>\n
His vision echoes what AI leaders have expressed in various forms: the product they are building is among the "most important technologies in history."<\/p>\n
Marc Andreessen, co-founder of early web titan Netscape, perhaps started this trend in 2023 with a 5,000-word essay he called "The Techno-Optimist Manifesto", which argued innovation was the way to solve life's problems.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo they're writing manifestos now?,\u201d I remember thinking to myself.<\/p>\n
Andreessen's writing began with him recounting lies he claimed people were spreading, and called for readers to push back against this.<\/p>\n
"We believe growth is progress \u2013 leading to vitality, expansion of life, increasing knowledge, higher well being," he wrote.<\/p>\n
Zuckerberg's recent essay doesn't name names – but the Meta boss mimics Andreessen by questioning those who have warned about the negatives of future tech.<\/p>\n
"It is surprising that the discourse from many developing AI is so filled with doom," he writes.<\/p>\n
As the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warns AI could affect nearly 40% of jobs and worsen global financial inequality, Zuckerberg says he believes there will be an abundance of jobs in the future.<\/p>\n
"I do not understand why anyone who believes that AI will eliminate most jobs and much of humanity's relevance would rush to build that future."<\/p>\n
Never mind that Zuckerberg's Meta has cut 10% of its global workforce – about 8,000 jobs – as the company reorganizes to focus on AI.<\/p>\n
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