Meta CEO argues superintelligence should be widely distributed to empower individuals.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg published a manifesto on Monday arguing that the greatest risk posed by artificial intelligence (AI) is not the technology itself, but the possibility that a single entity or government could gain excessive control over it.
In the document, titled “The Future Is for Everyone,” Facebook’s creator advocates for widely distributing superintelligence in order to empower individuals.
Alongside the release of the 14-page manifesto, Meta launched Muse Glimmer, an open-source version of its most powerful AI model. The new tool can generate code, text and images, and is nearly identical to Meta’s closed model, Muse Spark.
In the manifesto, Zuckerberg argues that the notion that AI is so dangerous that the only safe path forward is extreme concentration of power is itself problematic. In doing so, he implicitly criticizes the approach taken by rival companies such as Anthropic and OpenAI, which have called for strict controls on the technology.
According to Meta’s founder, invention — not automation — will be superintelligence’s greatest contribution. The manifesto contends that excessive intervention, or any policy that delays the release of U.S. models even by a month, could pose a significant risk to American leadership over foreign models, potentially allowing regimes such as China to pull ahead.
Zuckerberg believes AI will create more jobs
Pushing back against the industry’s more alarmist narratives, the Meta chief executive predicts that widely distributed superintelligence will generate more jobs in the future, not fewer. Zuckerberg forecasts that the economy will become more entrepreneurial, as it will become significantly easier to start businesses without needing to raise large amounts of capital.
On the infrastructure and local investment front, Zuckerberg announced the launch of “The Future Is for Everyone Fund,” seeded with an initial $1 billion earmarked for U.S. communities where Meta owns and operates data centers. The fund aims to benefit teachers, first responders, and local water and energy infrastructure.
