In an April appearance on the Dwarkesh Podcast, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg laid out his vision for the artificial intelligence future. He predicted it would be “funnier” and “weirder” than our current reality, as people increasingly rely on AI chatbots to fill their social quota. “The average American, I think, has fewer than three friends. … The average person has demand for meaningfully more. I think it’s, like, 15,” Zuckerberg said. “The average person wants more connection than they have.”
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