Martin Seeger21h ago

I am writing on a longer piece on the current state of AI. But I want to discuss one thought of mine already.

It was triggered by news like this one:

https://www.the-independent.com/tech/mark-zuckerberg-ai-ceo-bot-b2943792.html

My personal theory is that AI is an attempt of the big tech CEOs to achieve some kind of immortality.

They know their bodies will eventually die. But they believe they are so brilliant, that humanity deserves them to persist in the form of a specifically trained AI that implements a bot persona of them.

They will attempt to pass their fortune to this bot identity. This will take shape in the form of a foundation (which also saves tax).

P.S. The longer piece is here: https://infosec.exchange/@masek/116295320755996705

Mark Zuckerberg builds AI CEO to help him run Meta

Tech giant’s tools include ‘Second Brain’ and an internal messaging board for AI bots

The Independent
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@masek Did you read "Fall; or, Dodge in Hell" from Neal Stephenson (2019)? The technology used is a bit different, but the idea of a digital afterlife for billionaires is spelled out there.
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