
Earlier this year, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates indicated that AI will replace humans for most things. And as it now seems, this might also include friends.
During a recent YouTube interview with podcaster Dwarkesh Patel, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared the company's broader AI vision, which may include AI friends. He presented a scenario where humans interact with chatbots at a social level, further indicating that this could pose a potential solution to "the loneliness epidemic."