"I think we’re going to add a whole new category of content, which is AI generated."

In a quarterly earnings call that was overwhelmingly about AI and Meta’s plans for it, Zuckerberg said that new, AI-generated feeds are likely to come to Facebook and other Meta platforms. Zuckerberg said he is excited for the “opportunity for AI to help people create content that just makes people’s feed experiences better.” Zuckerberg’s comments were first reported by Fortune.

“I think we’re going to add a whole new category of content, which is AI generated or AI summarized content or kind of existing content pulled together by AI in some way,” he said. “And I think that that’s going to be just very exciting for the—for Facebook and Instagram and maybe Threads or other kind of Feed experiences over time.”

  • Cruxifux@feddit.nlEnglish
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    13 days ago

    Every change and addition made to Facebook since it first started has been for the worse. This manchild is a monster who’s irresponsibility has literally caused genocides in Africa.

  • podperson@lemm.eeEnglish
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    14 days ago

    Soooooooooo……. More ads and bullshit then? I regret not the 5 or so clicks it took to delete my account.

  • Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    14 days ago

    This man is a Muppet. He just wants to exploit the people who live in this world and use his services for profits. What a legacy to leave behind…

    He won’t get me. I deleted Facebook over a decade ago. The writing was all over the walls, everyone…

    • aesthelete@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      13 days ago

      I know that’s probably a generic insult, but he kinda does look like beaker from the Muppets.

      • Darth_Mew@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        13 days ago

        muppet in the sense that there is a giant hand up his ass pulling around his insides and making him do/say things the person on the arm wants said/done. but hey what do I know ya know

  • TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org
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    14 days ago

    Funny, the first thing I do when I recognize that something is AI-generated media, I make an effort never to visit that site/channel/feed/whatever ever again.

  • BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    14 days ago

    The metaverse a resounding failure, Facebook has latched on to the AI hype train in hopes of making the company relevant. They’re basically put of ideas on how to feed the beast of “forever growth” the markets demand.

    • Trainguyrom@reddthat.comEnglish
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      14 days ago

      They have a slim chance if they keep subsidizing VR headsets to hold a and luceative chunk of the VR market when that actually takes off. VR is genuinely cool enough that enough people will get hooked once they experience a headset on their face with a VR experience that jives with them

      • NocturnalMorning@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        14 days ago

        I’ve played VR before. But I don’t see it as a necessity just to play video games. It’s also incredibly disorienting after playing for a while, and it’s expensive to get the VR headsets, usually, also requiring you to already have a console, or PC to hook up to, so why wouldn’t we just play regular games then?

        • paraphrand@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          14 days ago

          All of the things you listed are either being worked on, or are mischaracterizations of the state of VR.

          • CarbonIceDragon@pawb.socialEnglish
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            14 days ago

            While I do agree, I also find that even though I find VR a lot more intense and enjoyable than any flat screen game I’ve played, I also only rarely use mine even still. There’s something about it that seems to make it a hassle to use casually somehow, between actually getting the headset straps feeling comfortable, getting the passthrough cables plugged, launching driver programs on both the pc and the headset just to get to steamvr. It’s not a problem at all if I’m feeling specifically like doing VR stuff for a couple hours as it doesn’t take that long, but if I’m recently home from work and want to just chill for a bit without really knowing what, even that inconvenience means that the VR stuff basically never gets used for me.

            My current VR headset feels a lot more polished than my previous, older one, or previous experience with earlier devices owned by people I was visiting, and admittedly I bet it’s probably a bit smoother on standalone than on pc passthrough like I go for, but I feel like to really take off, putting it on is going to need to not feel like setting up a printer whilst wearing a box on your head.

  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    14 days ago

    Am i mistaken or did he regress to a typical CEO type, from the way he can’t put together one single sentence without stumbling over another one?

    • ayyy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      14 days ago

      Statements made in quarterly financial calls are a very particular level of legally binding, so CEOs sound like that because they are terrified of making promises that won’t be kept.

  • homoludens@feddit.orgEnglish
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    14 days ago

    a whole new category of content, which is AI generated or AI summarized content or kind of existing content pulled together by AI in some way,

    Good to know that they really have thought it through. Reminds me of the kind of user story our project manager writes.

    • ayyy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      14 days ago

      Keep in mind that in quarterly financial statements, any forward-looking promises made are pretty much legally binding so CEOs never give specifics.

  • borth@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    14 days ago

    “And I think that that’s going to be just very exciting for the…”

    Plebs? He almost slipped lol

  • andallthat@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    14 days ago

    I think I’m with him on this one. Replacing all the people on social with AI agents would give us back so much free time! And we could even restart socializing for real.

    Go on Zuckerberg, give us a Facebook made only of AI agents creating fake pictures of inexistent gatherings and posting them, so other AIs can recommend them and million of other AIs can comment on them!

    You are an unsung hero, Zuckerberg, but one day they’ll understand and thank you

    • skulblaka@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      13 days ago

      Genuinely curious how long you could continue getting people to sink advertising dollars into the bot playground. If he played it smart I bet he could get a solid decade or so of people paying to show ads to AIs without telling them all the people are gone. Maybe longer, if he’s really smart and actually tells them for real that there’s no people in there but that their marketing materials will be incorporated into the AI in/output.

  • spector@lemmy.caEnglish
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    14 days ago

    The goal has always been engagement prisons. Where people never leave the platform. With generated content this must seem like a final step. They don’t need to make people to interact with each other in ways that keeps both of them engaged. They don’t need to leech content from other sites while preventing people from going to the site. With generated content people will interact with themselves while engaged in completely fabricated content. It’s even more dystopian than ever.