Zuck’s AI manifesto is a data center PR masterclass | E2323

Today’s show: Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg published a 6,500 word essay about the future of AI, and Jason thinks it’s his smartest PR move in years. The thinkpiece, “The Future is for Everyone: The Path to a Positive AI Future,” arrives alongside a new open-weight Meta model — Muse Glimmer — and the promise of an open-weight version of Muse Spark 1.2 to come. Zuckerberg’s clearly pitching an “abundance” narrative, promising the American public untold benefits from AI technology — everything from a PhD-level tutor for every student to scientific breakthroughs, personal assistants, and beyond — a…

There is a PR group for Meta that says, "How can we turn the narrative on data centers around?" Because we need to build more data centers. We need to catch up here. When you're behind, you go open. When you're ahead, you go closed. I'm in your corner and we're [music] going to be the company that gives you an agent, a tutor, >> uh, free design tools, and makes your life better. The only thing we ask is that you let us build some data centers. This is the best version of Zuckerberg I've seen in his career and he is thinking about the ramifications of what he builds for the first time in the history of the company. All right everybody, welcome back to this week in startups. It's our news program today. We got a lot of news law. We do >> including >> Mark Zuckerberg's essay. This thing is long. I went on a ruck this morning and I listened to it. >> 6500 words. 6,500 words in Zuck. >> He writes nine more. He's got a book. So, a book is typically 60,000 words. So, if he does nine more essays, you could have Zuckerberg's essays. And he's getting >> pretty active on X, which he never did. His handle is think D if you don't know that, F I N K D, which was his online handle when he was in college. >> Yes, he's he has not ever changed his uh his handle online. So, uh yeah, the the essay is titled the future is for everyone, the path to a positive AI future. Uh here is arguments in a nutshell. basically super intelligence's biggest risk is centralization not the tech itself he expresse…