{"id":16051,"date":"2024-09-27T12:37:33","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T10:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/27\/hail-zuckus-maximus-the-master-of-the-metaverse-is-finally-sorry-for-ever-being-sorry-marina-hyde\/"},"modified":"2024-09-27T12:37:33","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T10:37:33","slug":"hail-zuckus-maximus-the-master-of-the-metaverse-is-finally-sorry-for-ever-being-sorry-marina-hyde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/27\/hail-zuckus-maximus-the-master-of-the-metaverse-is-finally-sorry-for-ever-being-sorry-marina-hyde\/","title":{"rendered":"Hail Zuckus Maximus! The master of the metaverse is finally sorry \u2026 for ever being sorry | Marina Hyde"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Zuckerberg is embracing both AI and full-on imperial monomania. As for petty gripes about elections and teen mental health, so what?<\/p>\n<p>The good news is that Mark Zuckerberg has become bored of looking like an answer to the AI prompt \u201cefit of a teen villain\u201d. The bad? While the Meta overlord has grown out the Caesar hairstyle that has sustained him since 2016, he is now leaning in to open imperial monomania. This week\u2019s Meta Connect conference saw Mark take the stage in a T-shirt reading Aut Zuck Aut Nihil. Either Zuck Or Nothing. The original was Aut Caesar Aut Nihil and was enthusiastically adopted as a motto by one of the worst Borgias (tough field) \u2026 but look, I\u2019m sure it\u2019s ironic. Mark\u2019s such a gifted ironist.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll get to the magic glasses and AI feedspam he was pushing at this week\u2019s event in a minute \u2013 but before we do, let\u2019s recap. Easily the most significant thing Mark Zuckerberg has said this year was that he isn\u2019t sorry any more \u2013 in fact, that he <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2024\/09\/11\/mark-zuckerberg-says-hes-done-apologizing\/\">wished he\u2019d never said sorry<\/a> for most of what he\u2019d ever said sorry for. I paraphrase only slightly. A couple of weeks ago, Zuckerberg appeared on stage for a podcast and called Facebook\u2019s willingness to offer stakes-free apologies for things he wasn\u2019t to blame for \u2013 like election manipulation or the effect of social media on teen mental health \u2013 \u201ca 20-year mistake\u201d.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2024\/sep\/27\/mark-zuckerberg-metaverse-ai-elections-mental-health\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/e59a49b5789b1949e5a71f39dada5331e2a08693\/0_200_6000_3600\/master\/6000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=65e09b115b269eab0238f49e1d26d6de\" title=\"Hail Zuckus Maximus! The master of the metaverse is finally sorry \u2026 for ever being sorry | Marina Hyde\" \/>Mark Zuckerberg is embracing both AI and full-on imperial monomania. As for petty gripes about elections and teen mental health, so what?<br \/>\nThe good news is that Mark Zuckerberg has become bored of looking like an answer to the AI prompt \u201cefit of a teen villain\u201d. The bad? While the Meta overlord has grown out the Caesar hairstyle that has sustained him since 2016, he is now leaning in to open imperial monomania. This week\u2019s Meta Connect conference saw Mark take the stage in a T-shirt reading Aut Zuck Aut Nihil. Either Zuck Or Nothing. The original was Aut Caesar Aut Nihil and was enthusiastically adopted as a motto by one of the worst Borgias (tough field) \u2026 but look, I\u2019m sure it\u2019s ironic. Mark\u2019s such a gifted ironist.<br \/>\nWe\u2019ll get to the magic glasses and AI feedspam he was pushing at this week\u2019s event in a minute \u2013 but before we do, let\u2019s recap. Easily the most significant thing Mark Zuckerberg has said this year was that he isn\u2019t sorry any more \u2013 in fact, that he wished he\u2019d never said sorry for most of what he\u2019d ever said sorry for. I paraphrase only slightly. A couple of weeks ago, Zuckerberg appeared on stage for a podcast and called Facebook\u2019s willingness to offer stakes-free apologies for things he wasn\u2019t to blame for \u2013 like election manipulation or the effect of social media on teen mental health \u2013 \u201ca 20-year mistake\u201d. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Zuckerberg is embracing both AI and full-on imperial monomania. As for petty gripes about elections and teen mental health, so what? The good news is that Mark Zuckerberg has become bored of looking like an answer to the AI prompt \u201cefit of a teen villain\u201d. The bad? While the Meta overlord has grown out &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/27\/hail-zuckus-maximus-the-master-of-the-metaverse-is-finally-sorry-for-ever-being-sorry-marina-hyde\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Hail Zuckus Maximus! 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