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Sharon Goldman

Mark Zuckerberg is pouring billions into superintelligence—so why does his Instagram pitch feel so underwhelming?

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg released a new Instagram video on Tuesday morning, laying out the vision behind the company’s new AI initiative: Meta Superintelligence Labs. The goal, he said, is to build “personal superintelligence for everyone.”

Zuckerberg acknowledged that AI is rapidly advancing and that we’re beginning to see “glimpses of AI systems improving themselves.” Superintelligence (a vague term that typically refers to AI that vastly surpasses human capabilities in virtually all domains, including scientific creativity, general wisdom, and social skills) is now “in sight,” he added, which begs what he called a big open question: What should we direct superintelligence toward?

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