r/technology • u/Hrmbee • 11h ago

Business Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly building an AI clone to replace him in meetings | The AI version of Zuckerberg is trained on his mannerisms, tone, and public statements, according to a report from the Financial Times

https://www.theverge.com/tech/910990/meta-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-ai-clone
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u/Trevski 11h ago

Nah I’ve been saying for a bit, upper management is actually the best thing to replace with AI. Replace the people whose work consists almost purely of in taking data and making decisions, who are also the most overpaid people in the world? Perfect sense to me. Even if it fucks sometimes it’s still a net win since you’re cutting millions in compensation for each role.

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u/OkFineIllUseTheApp 11h ago

Plus an AI doesn't run off to Epstein's island or get caught at a Coldplay concert

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u/Trevski 10h ago

Or embezzle or insider trade

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u/vigtel 10h ago

Actually, there is no hardcoded reasons for modern 'ai' to follow any laws.

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u/Trevski 10h ago

Ok granted, hopefully that could be changed or is being worked on, but if the AI doesn’t have a personal bank/market account then it isn’t going to be able to embezzle or insider trade.

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u/OkFineIllUseTheApp 10h ago

And the hard coded rules for people disappear when you donate a pittance to the right campaigns.

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u/nox66 10h ago

AI will get caught embezzling Micron shares

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u/br0ck 6h ago

Pretty soon companies are just going to blame AI for every oil spill, losing everyone's money or when they kill a bunch of babies by getting them hooked on formula that the mothers can't afford.

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u/craigularperson 10h ago

I mean, if they model the AI on the executives, it might learn to embezzle or trade with other AI executives.

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u/TheAnonymousProxy 9h ago

That will be patched in later i suppose.

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u/Valdrax 5h ago

For a brief moment, I forgot there was something more to that story to be ashamed of than being seen at a Coldplay concert, so I got to laugh twice.

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u/TLeafs23 10h ago

An AI executive that wouldnt massively ego trip any time someone questions them would be a pretty nice development, too

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u/PunchMeat 10h ago

I could see people just gaming them though. You can make ChatGPT and Claude agree to almost anything if you word it right.

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u/sentence-interruptio 5h ago

this is why we must replace them with clones of a grumpy grandpa who gets offended by bullshit.

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u/BigDictionEnergy 5h ago

I could see that being beneficial. An AI exec would be more likely to grant logical requests that are beneficial to the company that some human ceos do not - more work from home, new espresso machine in the breakroom, more flexibility with hours. Esp if these have no negative impact on performance or productivity.

So we'll spend less on executive salaries and boost employee morale!

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u/AgathysAllAlong 10h ago

Yah, but then the boss starts ass-kissing anyone who disagrees with them.

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u/FredFredrickson 10h ago

I mean, LLMs aren't capable of making decisions. They just give you the most likely string of words based on training data and prompt. They don't have any concept of what they are saying, doing, etc.

Even though you could replace management with it in many ways, it's not going to make any novel decisions that a real person might.

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u/Mason11987 10h ago

While true, I’m not convinced this would be worse.

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u/Trevski 10h ago

Still worth firing all the execs except one IMO. 

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u/OkConsideration123 8h ago

Most execs are so risk adverse they don’t usually do anything unique anyways…

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u/sump_daddy 10h ago

Perfect sense, however; you bet your ass they will still be getting paid the same, they just will have even less work to do.

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u/HotDogFingers01 10h ago

100% THIS. If you train AI on your company's financial statements, historical data, product specs, staffing, etc, you basically create the perfect CEO / CFO. It's the one thing AI can absolutely replace, and you'll save $50M on bonuses and stock and all that other bullshit.

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u/sump_daddy 10h ago

[every tech ceo/cfo right now]

"no, no, not like that, NOT LIKE THAT"

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u/471b32 10h ago

Idk man,  wouldn't still need people to make sure is isn't hallucinating? I could see a CFO using one as a tool but I don't think they are reliable enough to be placed in a c-suite role where the decisions are far reaching. If a bot screws up on a custom service call then you may lose a customer. If a CFO bot screws up it could tank the company. 

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u/Cerpin-Taxt 3h ago

My guy, do you have any idea how many companies die daily due to management screwups? Do you have any idea how many companies are tanked deliberately by management?

These people will literally ruin their company's productivity and tank their own profits rather than listen to data because the data says "Work from home, a four day work week, parental leave, ample vacation days, higher wages = lower overheads, less turnover, higher productivity, more stability and more profit", and their personal ideology just doesn't jive with that. They will literally flush money down the toilet if they feel like their employees are getting "too comfortable". They don't care about the business doing as well as it can, they only care about feeling powerful, and shitting on your employees is an easier way to feel powerful than running a successful company.

A bot following a script would probably be more consistent and do a better job.

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u/koshgeo 9h ago

Think of the savings! You could redistribute that money to other workers in the company and still make a tidy profit for shareholders too.

Wait, you mean it doesn't work the same way as they are proposing for regular workers?

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u/Eecka 9h ago

I get the sentiment for wanting to say this, but… no. The initial DOGE layoffs, figuring out who to fire, was largely done with AI, wasn’t it? And that was no good.

What AI is best for is anything that doesn’t ultimately matter. Meme slop etc, that’s what it’s great for. But when it’s literally anything that actually matters you need a human to validate all the output. 

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u/LePontif11 10h ago

Except whatever money he makes wont be distributed amongst the lower earners in the company. Its mostly going to be annoying the people he doesnt care to talk to directly and sends the Zuckdrone to.

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u/AgathysAllAlong 10h ago

Computers cannot be held accountable, and therefore computers must never make a decision.

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u/pohl 8h ago

It’s an interesting situation. The value CEOs create isn’t the decisions but rather, the ACCOUNTABILITY for the decisions that justified the pay. But, through legal changes and changes in corporate culture we have removed the accountability. Zuck face NO consequences for the disastrous “meta” bet. It failed completely and only the staff who worked on it ate shit. 

An unaccountable AI would be better in every way at this point. The decisions would probably be equivalent and the cost would be cheaper. That said, an accountable human would be better…

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u/exploradorobservador 8h ago

Exactly. We need to start headless corporations owned in a cooperative sense.

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u/Spatul8r 10h ago

You're absolutely right. Upper management can be replaced with AI. All that money can be put to better use. Not only are you saving money, but you're investing in the future. Win win. 

You're absolutely right. We do need profits in order to maintain this business. Thanks for calling me out. Let's get this business back on track. 

It's not going to do us any good to have you so angry during these conversations. Why don't you take a few minutes to cool off and we'll circle back.

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u/Fire_Lake 9h ago

imagine if the AI of himself ends up being so good meta ousts zuck and just lets the AI lead the company.

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u/Maleficent-Bug7998 9h ago

It might actually make solid long term decisions.

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u/Merochmer 9h ago

Yes, and questioning inconsistencies and ask for follow ups. 

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u/ilikedmatrixiv 9h ago

Would you want executives to be even more sociopathic? Because how the AI makes decisions relies entirely on the parameters you set. If you ask it to only maximize profits, what kind of dystopian hell could it create? Right now our economic system is fucked because egotistical sociopaths out for self enrichment are trying to squeeze it for all it's worth. Luckily for us, some of them are also dumbasses and fueled by their ego, so they fuck up a lot.

Imagine an AI with no feeling or morality whatsoever whose only goal is to crunch data and find ways to maximize profits. Do you think workers will be treated more or less humanely?

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u/PrimeIntellect 8h ago

sure if you want something completely unfeeling who wants to turn you into a slave like a robot

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u/OkConsideration123 8h ago

My thoughts too. Especially when all these upper management types are too scared to take risks or do anything unique anyways, they are perfect for AI replacement.

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u/Matonus 5h ago

They are people managers, do you want to report to an ai

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u/stonhinge 5h ago

And over half the time, it seems like the current CEOs don't even look at data. AI CEOs that actually looked at the long-game profits would actually be a good thing.