To do so, he's set aside some $15 billion for a 49 percent stake in Scale.ai — the despotic AI startup that's been accused of using wage-slave labor to train chatbots, commiting systemic wage theft, and is contracted to run the Pentagon's "flagship" weapons automation program. Zuckerberg's goal, according to the New York Times, is to be the first to develop the first AI system that exceeds the abilities of the human brain — a dream, it's worth noting, which the majority of AI researchers still think is "very unlikely." "This is like the AI equivalent of the Marshall Plan," wrote tech critic Ed Zitron, referring to the post-WWII scheme that made the US the global dynasty it is today.
Author: Joe Wilkins
Published at: 2025-06-11 22:20:00
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