Mark Zuckerberg solves alienation.
This is honestly one of the more concerning things Meta has come out with in years.
Social media giants have long since moved on from being the go-to companies for information about the public, and are now (with the help of “AI”) moving solidly into the realm of injecting ideas into the public. Consider the implications of even 10% of the general public having regular conversations with their MetaFriend. They talk about their hobbies, their needs and wants, and all that data is obviously being collected, but these people have also handed Meta the ability to propose new ideas and change their viewpoint. Their “friend” is now in a position to drag them unknowingly into any political position Meta wants, and they can do this at scale.
That’s enough to change public sentiment on nearly every issue. It’s enough to sway elections.
It’s truly scary. I feel like this would have accelerationist effects.
I wonder if stuff like this could shock a decent chunk of people on the right into realizing who the bad guys are. It should play into anxieties about free speech and brainwashing.
Naw, their metafriend will convince them otherwise. This timeline is gonna be awesome /s
I want an AI that figures out who would be likely to want to hear from me, and prompt me to start a conversation with them. That would be way better than Meta owning an ever increasing share of my attention.
Friends would be cool but not like that gross
I curious about what it means for someone to “have demand for 15 friends”, and how one would go about measuring that.
Average is less than 3, ok, clear. Demand is ~15… I can’t make sense of it. Anyone understands what this means? How do I determine my friend demand?
