Emergent AI can mend my mistakes on Meta - Zuck

In the final part of my series, I reveal Zuck's vision for an inclusive community, where AI is used to decide what billions should see and know...

Welcome to the final instalment of my deep dive into the brain of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the guy who wants your kids to follow his bots into the Metaverse.

When this started, I considered him an autocrat and free speech absolutist, but now I have come away with a better understanding.

He emerges as a tech pragmatist, a guy who believes his destiny is to create the tech future, but who knows that despite his genius, the job is just beyond him.

Moving fast and breaking things has always been the engineers’ get out of jail free card. If I get it wrong, don’t sweat it, I’ll fix it next time.

Zuck thought that as well earlier in his career, but he then learned that doesn’t work so well when it undermines democracy, facilitates terrorism or leads to child suicide.

It’s a heavy mantle to bear, but his musings show that he thinks deeply about it.

His manifesto, written in 2017, which I have drawn deeply on, depicts a guy with uncommon power trying to find a right path.

It might be his path,…