As a thought experiment, imagine only one person had a superintelligent lawyer. They would have an unfair advantage in court — even if they were wrong on the merits. That would lead to a worse society. But now imagine everyone has a superintelligent lawyer. In this case, justice would be carried out much more fairly and efficiently than it is today when there is often an imbalance in skills and resources in litigation.
Mark Zuckerberg
Meta CEO and co-founder
Maybe Zuck should put those superintelligent AI lawyers to work on Meta’s own lawsuits. Even with the best (flesh-and-blood) lawyers money can buy, the company keeps racking up losses in U.S. courts, accused of harming minors with its addictive apps. The latest was last week (6th), in New Mexico.
The line above comes from a lengthy essay by Meta’s CEO, “The future is for everyone.” Does anyone still take this drivel of platitudes, lies, and empty promises seriously? This must be the fourth or fifth one he’s put his name to. None of them have aged well. There was the one about encrypted messaging on Instagram in 2019, the “global community” one from 2017, the metaverse one from 2021 again… notice the pattern.