Zuckerberg: AI's biggest risk is one entity with too much control
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg released a full-throated defense of AI on Monday morning: a 6,500-word manifesto arguing that the most common concerns are overblown and fail to account for all the positives it can achieve.
Why it matters: Zuckerberg's flag in the ground, with a utopian vision of a highly personal AI that fuels individual achievement, comes as policymakers debate how much control they should have over increasingly powerful models.
What they're saying: "One of the ways to achieve both individual empowerment and checks and balances is to make sure you put the technology in everybody's hands," Zuckerberg told Axios' Mike Allen in an interview ahead of the manifesto's release.
The big picture: Even as the world confronts AI that is breaking out of sandboxes, comparing notes on message boards and creating new viruses , Zuckerberg portrays it instead as an analog to other disruptive technical innovations.
Threat level: Zuckerberg contrasts this vision with one in which only some people, some businesses or some countries have access to the most powerful AI, suggesting that would represent a far more dangerous outcome.
Zoom out : Zuckerberg's plan for Meta is that "everyone will have free or affordable access to these tools," with the paid versions using a "dynamic auction mechanism" to get the compute they need at the lowest possible price. "This will ensure the benefits of superintelligence are distributed widely."
Between the lines: Zuckerberg also said Meta will resume releasing some open-source AI models, now that Meta Superintelligence Labs is up and running, as Axios reported in April.
Zuckerberg added that Meta's independent board will have the power to approve model-release safety criteria and review whether releases meet those standards.
Local spending: Hoping to tamp down data-center backlash, Zuckerberg also announced Meta is launching the Future is for Everyone Fund "to support each community we work in directly." The fund, seeded with $1 billion for U.S. communities where Meta owns and operates data centers, will benefit teachers, first responders, and energy and water infrastructure.
The bottom line: The manifesto represents Zuckerberg's clearest effort yet to weigh in on AI's future, both as a matter of policy and technology.
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