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Zuckerberg’s Grand Vision: Most of Your Friends Will Be AI

Meta’s CEO is promoting a future where artificial intelligence is increasingly intertwined with people’s lives

Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg at an AI developer conference last month.
Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg at an AI developer conference last month. Photo: Jeff Chiu/Associated Press

Mark Zuckerberg wants you to have AI friends, an AI therapist and AI business agents.

In Zuckerberg’s vision for a new digital future, artificial-intelligence friends outnumber human companions and chatbot experiences supplant therapists, ad agencies and coders. AI will play a central role in the human experience, the Facebook co-founder and CEO of Meta Platforms has said in a series of recent podcasts, interviews and public appearances.

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