Zuckerberg Proposes Personal Superintelligence as Court Allows Meta Addiction Suits

Mark Zuckerberg published a lengthy post on August 10 titled "The Future Belongs to Everyone: The Road to a Good AI Era." The agent described in the post can also design baking recipes for Zuckerberg's eight-year-old daughter, order the ingredients, and provide step-by-step guidance throughout the cooking process. The post did not unveil new models or benchmarks, focusing instead on AI's impact on work, the ownership of superintelligence, the distribution of capabilities, and privacy concerns.

In the post, Zuckerberg proposed the concept of "personal superintelligence," envisioning AI that understands a user's work, health, family, finances and interests, continues working while the user sleeps, and can be interacted with via computer, phone or smart glasses.

On the safety of superintelligence, Zuckerberg advocated "checks and balances" rather than control by a single central authority. He cited an example: if one party possesses a superintelligent lawyer, the other side should be granted equivalent capability to narrow the resource gap. He argued that personal agents should understand the user's own goals and values rather than preset correct choices. He also promised that personal agents will offer a fully private mode, in which neither Meta nor any service provider can view or authorize access to user information.

Zuckerberg described Meta's mission as "putting power in people's hands," and said that if his vision guides the future, the balance of power will tilt further toward individuals. On the same day, the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected appeals from Meta, TikTok, Google and Snap, allowing thousands of lawsuits over social media addiction to proceed. Previously, a New Mexico court ordered Meta to pay $567 million for youth mental health and required Facebook and Instagram to adjust certain product mechanisms aimed at teenagers. Meta denies the allegations and said it will continue to appeal.