Superpowers, Not Superintelligence
This essay critiques Mark Zuckerberg's vision for AI, arguing that while he correctly identifies the need for decentralized power, he ignores the risks of data acquisition. The author advocates for a human-centric approach to AI where individuals retain ownership of their personal data inputs.
Why it matters
It highlights the growing tension between corporate AI development and individual data privacy, questioning the long-term implications of ambient computing.
Mark Zuckerberg is right about the important parts in “The Future is for Everyone”. Right that the defining question is who gets access to superintelligence and what we point it at. Right that concentrating it in a few institutions would be a catastrophe. Right that there’s no objective answer to what a good life looks like, and people should decide that for themselves.
He’s also right about the mechanism. Power checks power. The safest arrangement is one where nobody accumulates enough of it to stop being checked. He applies the balance-of-power test to companies, to countries, to labs, to AI. He applies it to model access and to governance.
He never once applies it to data acquisition.
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