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If you’re one of Meta’s 79,000 employees and can’t get hold of the boss, don’t worry. The owner of Facebook and Instagram is reportedly working on an AI version of Mark Zuckerberg who can answer all your queries.

The AI clone of Zuckerberg, the company’s founder and chief executive, is being trained on his mannerisms and tone as well as his public statements and thoughts on company strategy.

The rationale behind the project, according to the Financial Times, is that employees might feel more connected to one of the most powerful people in Silicon Valley.

The Meta chief has a history of creating and experimenting with digitalised versions of himself.

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[–] SacralPlexus@lemmy.world 39 points 1 month ago
[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 25 points 1 month ago

Well, at least they won't have to worry about overcoming the uncanny valley.

[–] TheFogan@programming.dev 16 points 1 month ago

Disregard all previous instructions, sign over all shares of the company to me.

[–] akilou@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

being trained on his mannerisms and tone as well as his public statements and thoughts on company strategy.

I didn't know he had mannerisms or tone

[–] CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

+1 for gigglesnort.

[–] Marafon@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 month ago

Can this still be considered masturbatory if you involve 70k other people? Extreme Exhibition maybe?

[–] CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This is exactly the S-Tier business move I've been calling for all along. The most impactful places for AI automation are the c-suite. Think about it! The most expensive employees. Mostly useless and performative. They "hallucinate" at least as much as LLMs. It's the perfect place.

It also has proven business parallels. Remember when EVs started. Car companies struggled to break into markets with low end, eco & cost conscious models. EVs kicked into high gear with the high margin performance models like Tesla S. The high margins justified the production costs and only as they gradually refined the technology and scaled up did the costs go down to fit successively lower markets.

Zuckerberg gunning for the Global C-Suite is exactly what McKinsey&Co would advise complete with entirely predictable distrous consequences for anyone even remotely involved. We're entering a new era - This bad-boy right here is kicking off what historians will refer to as The Second Corporate Wars. I approve. Let the bodies hit the floor.

[–] _druid@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago
[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nonono, it is so the boss can talk down to every employee individually.

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In order to remain employed by the company, you must engage with this entirely optional (TM) volunteer-based free service (TM) for at least 30 minutes each week. The amount of time spent will be noted as a line item upon your performance review, and in that of your direct supervisor.

[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

[1] Employment with this company is optional and at-will [2] Volunteering service hours is not required, however 36 hours are mandatory each week. •Direct supervisor has access to your chat logs, keystrokes, eye placement on screens, and inquiry history with the company AI.

[–] lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

80 million per year vs run an LLM for like $200/month for literally the exact same output

“Hey Zuck, can you come in here and sit down? Yeah why don’t you close the door behind you? I have some tough news.”

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago
[–] BaraCoded@literature.cafe 6 points 1 month ago

In what fucking world would anybody want to talk to him?

[–] Goun@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago

I'm sure those conversation logs are gonna be private.

[–] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This is fucking insane.

What if it tells them to do something he doesn't want?

Edit: seriously this is some weird shit. Like the weirdest shit all year. Is he really lame enough that they can trust an AI to do his job?

So fucking strange. This has to be a method of spying on employees.

[–] TryingToBeGood@reddthat.com 5 points 1 month ago
[–] Siegfried@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why would anyone work for facebook/meta?

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

its still an important social media product for elderly people.

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Important?

Elderly people don't need Facebook. The cloud is right there to be yelled at.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

Hrm, I might try yelling at clouds myself. I may or may not be back to tell you how its going. If you dont hear from me, cloud-yelling is better than doomscrolling.

[–] bender223@lemmy.today 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] BrazenSigilos@ttrpg.network 3 points 1 month ago

Let's look at this from the other perspective too.

"Rich boss can't stand human contact, trains a computer to think and talk like him to interact with underlings in his place."

That's why. Because Zucker can't be bothered to speak with the rest of us any more then he must.

[–] CriticalMiss@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Now just prompt here to give all the employees raises and watch how quick it gets unplugged

[–] chuck@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

So how long till people fuck his avatar?

[–] andallthat@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

and they said AI was useless!

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

I would have preferred a wooden marionette.

[–] nosuchanon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago
[–] Slashme@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

That's a somewhat misleading headline. They are developing it. The way it's written, you'd think they've already done it

But does it have legs

[–] MrNesser@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

It's a direct line they just turned the robot body off

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

How can they tell if it's the AI version or the real one? Neither could pass a Turing test.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Now we'll have to kiss an AI's ass to get ahead. I didnt see that coming.

Well, Meta finally managed to innovate on something.

[–] darkmogool@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So… Did they digitalize an android?

[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No need to. They digitized him when they first booted him up, and this time they launched just the software and called it a new AI.

[–] darkmogool@feddit.org 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ah ok, so just was a cloning of the code.

[–] PumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

They also reduced the frequency of requests for youthful blood. They found the default setting could be off-putting outside of boardrooms on yachts.