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

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msmash @ Slashdot · 05/08/2025 10:00 EDT

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

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is aggressively promoting a future where AI becomes the dominant form of social interaction, claiming that AI friends, therapists, and business agents will soon outnumber human relationships. During a recent media blitz across multiple podcasts and a Stripe conference appearance, Zuckerberg cited statistics suggesting "the average American has fewer than three friends" while claiming people desire "meaningfully more, like 15 friends" -- positioning AI companions as the solution to t

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