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highplainsdem

(62,457 posts)
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 08:55 AM 3 hrs ago

Mark Zuckerberg Cooks Up Dystopian Way to Speak to Staff

Source: Daily Beast

Meta is building an artificial intelligence version of its billionaire founder, Mark Zuckerberg, to interact with employees on his behalf, according to the Financial Times.

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The company is prioritizing a Mark Zuckerberg AI character, three of the people said. Zuckerberg is personally involved in training and testing the animated version of himself, which is being built on his mannerisms, tone, publicly available statements, and his own thinking on company strategy—so that employees “might feel more connected to the founder through interactions with it,” one person said. The character is also being trained on images and his voice. Zuckerberg has been spending five to ten hours a week coding on AI projects and sitting in on technical reviews.

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Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/meta-is-building-an-ai-version-of-mark-zuckerberg-to-chat-with-staff/

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Mark Zuckerberg Cooks Up Dystopian Way to Speak to Staff (Original Post) highplainsdem 3 hrs ago OP
Seems like the ultimate narcissism to me Walleye 2 hrs ago #1
Beyond dystopian. cachukis 2 hrs ago #2
"might feel more connected to the founder" if you already think he's a robot (nt) William Seger 2 hrs ago #3
Feel free to speak openly and honestly to AI Zuck DavidDvorkin 2 hrs ago #4
i predict unintended consequences. mopinko 2 hrs ago #5
if you do not want to interact with employees DonCoquixote 2 hrs ago #6
"Zuckerberg has been spending five to ten hours a week coding" nuxvomica 2 hrs ago #7
He wants to be the Wizard of Oz! What a creep. Martin68 1 hr ago #8
I'm sure it will be bursting with charisma cynical_idealist 1 hr ago #9
Just like him Hassin Bin Sober 49 min ago #15
This makes me think of the Kier animatronic in Severance. (n/t) thesquanderer 1 hr ago #10
Corporations in Max Headroom? BoomaofBandM 1 hr ago #11
Wow! Miguelito Loveless 1 hr ago #12
His parents mispelled his name. to many Z's. Gotta change that Z to a bluestarone 1 hr ago #13
Sick motherfucker Mysterian 57 min ago #14
So, he's replacing his own job with AI. surrealAmerican 45 min ago #16
"See! AI obsolescence isn't as bad as it's portrayed..." EarthFirst 31 min ago #17
This is the single creepiest phrase of the 21st century to date. Moostache 29 min ago #18

mopinko

(73,779 posts)
5. i predict unintended consequences.
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 09:19 AM
2 hrs ago

unless he finds a way to bullet proof it, he’s in for some futuristic mocking.

DonCoquixote

(13,969 posts)
6. if you do not want to interact with employees
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 09:42 AM
2 hrs ago

why the F**k do you think we should pay you?
Seriously, lets go ahead wit replacing the CEOs with ai, they will probably do a better job, and treat humans better, if of no other reason that they know we can pull the plug on them.

nuxvomica

(14,119 posts)
7. "Zuckerberg has been spending five to ten hours a week coding"
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 09:57 AM
2 hrs ago

I find that hard to believe. I didn't think he was still coding or was very good at it when he was. That aside, it takes an especially clueless person to think employees interacting with an AI version of him will feel more connected to him. People like Zuckerberg don't realize all the effort to make these bots seem more human, or, short of that, more Zuckerberg, is actually a form of fraud. It's like when the demon in The Exorcist made Regan sound like Fr. Karras' dead mother. People don't like to be scammed like this. It's creepy.

Martin68

(27,841 posts)
8. He wants to be the Wizard of Oz! What a creep.
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 10:07 AM
1 hr ago

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

EarthFirst

(4,168 posts)
17. "See! AI obsolescence isn't as bad as it's portrayed..."
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 11:31 AM
31 min ago

“In creating an AI version of myself; I will essentially be writing myself out of the day to day operations here at META…”

Moostache

(11,214 posts)
18. This is the single creepiest phrase of the 21st century to date.
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 11:33 AM
29 min ago
“might feel more connected to the founder through interactions with it,”


Sweet fucking Christ crucified... that motherfucking weirdo clown needs to just go the fuck away before we really DO break out the pitchforks and torches because his freaky weirdo ass is HIGH on the list of billionaire clowns to be roasted and fed to the wolves...
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