The Future is for Billionaires – the rest of us will get open weight AI models, maybe
But we're fortunate enough not to be chased by a public record that mocks his musings. REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); In 2019, Zuck said, "The Future is Private." This was while he was running Facebook, an ad business predicated on the denial of privacy. His credibility as a forecaster of the future leaves something to be desired.
- ▪But we're fortunate enough not to be chased by a public record that mocks his musings.
- ▪REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); In 2019, Zuck said, "The Future is Private." This was while he was running Facebook, an ad business predicated on the denial of privacy.
- ▪His credibility as a forecaster of the future leaves something to be desired.
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| Publication time | Mon, 10 Aug 2026 22:49:37 +0200 |
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(function() { let windowUrl = window.location.href; windowUrl = windowUrl.substring(windowUrl.indexOf('?') + 1); let messageElement = document.querySelector('.shareableMessage'); if (windowUrl && windowUrl.includes('code') && windowUrl.includes('expires')) { messageElement.style.display = 'block'; } })(); AI and ML The Future is for Billionaires – the rest of us will get open weight AI models, maybe Mark Zuckerberg muses about 'superintelligence' and 'arc of human civilization' Thomas Claburn Thomas Claburn AI AND SOFTWARE REPORTER Published mon 10 Aug 2026 // 21:49 UTC OPINION In a public post titled "The Future is for Everyone," Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg declares, "We are fortunate to live at an incredible moment in history." For Zuck to posit that "The Future is for Everyone" is at once…
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