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Alex Heath

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Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why Mark Zuckerberg wants to end the smartphone era

And I wonder when you see something like the Ray-Bans and how people have really gravitated to them in a way that's surprised you guys and I think surprised all of us, but it's also just like... People want to interact with technology in different ways now. Yeah.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why Mark Zuckerberg wants to end the smartphone era

And I wonder when you see something like the Ray-Bans and how people have really gravitated to them in a way that's surprised you guys and I think surprised all of us, but it's also just like... People want to interact with technology in different ways now. Yeah.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why Mark Zuckerberg wants to end the smartphone era

And I think AI, like you said at the beginning, like the way that AI is intersected with this is just kind of like an aha thing for people that honestly, for me, I didn't expect it to click as quickly as it did. But like when I got whitelisted for the AI, I was like walking around my backyard and like using it. And I was like, oh, like it's obvious now where this is going.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why Mark Zuckerberg wants to end the smartphone era

And I think AI, like you said at the beginning, like the way that AI is intersected with this is just kind of like an aha thing for people that honestly, for me, I didn't expect it to click as quickly as it did. But like when I got whitelisted for the AI, I was like walking around my backyard and like using it. And I was like, oh, like it's obvious now where this is going.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why Mark Zuckerberg wants to end the smartphone era

And I think AI, like you said at the beginning, like the way that AI is intersected with this is just kind of like an aha thing for people that honestly, for me, I didn't expect it to click as quickly as it did. But like when I got whitelisted for the AI, I was like walking around my backyard and like using it. And I was like, oh, like it's obvious now where this is going.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why Mark Zuckerberg wants to end the smartphone era

So it feels like we're, like I was saying at the beginning, it feels like things are finally, you can see where it's going. Whereas before it's been a lot of like R&D and talking about it, but like these, the Ray-Bans are kind of a signifier of that. And I'm wondering if you agree with that.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why Mark Zuckerberg wants to end the smartphone era

So it feels like we're, like I was saying at the beginning, it feels like things are finally, you can see where it's going. Whereas before it's been a lot of like R&D and talking about it, but like these, the Ray-Bans are kind of a signifier of that. And I'm wondering if you agree with that.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why Mark Zuckerberg wants to end the smartphone era

So it feels like we're, like I was saying at the beginning, it feels like things are finally, you can see where it's going. Whereas before it's been a lot of like R&D and talking about it, but like these, the Ray-Bans are kind of a signifier of that. And I'm wondering if you agree with that.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why Mark Zuckerberg wants to end the smartphone era

On the AI social media piece, one of the wilder things that your team told me you guys are going to start doing is showing people AI-generated imagery personalized to them in feed. I think it's starting as an experiment. But if you're a photographer, you would see meta-AI generating content that's maybe personalized for you alongside content from the people you follow.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why Mark Zuckerberg wants to end the smartphone era

On the AI social media piece, one of the wilder things that your team told me you guys are going to start doing is showing people AI-generated imagery personalized to them in feed. I think it's starting as an experiment. But if you're a photographer, you would see meta-AI generating content that's maybe personalized for you alongside content from the people you follow.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why Mark Zuckerberg wants to end the smartphone era

On the AI social media piece, one of the wilder things that your team told me you guys are going to start doing is showing people AI-generated imagery personalized to them in feed. I think it's starting as an experiment. But if you're a photographer, you would see meta-AI generating content that's maybe personalized for you alongside content from the people you follow.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why Mark Zuckerberg wants to end the smartphone era

And that's just the idea that I've been thinking about of AI and kind of invading social media, so to speak. Maybe you don't like the word invading, but you know what I mean. And what does that do to how we relate to each other as humans? Like how much AI stuff and AI-generated stuff is going to be filling feeds in the near future, in your view?

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why Mark Zuckerberg wants to end the smartphone era

And that's just the idea that I've been thinking about of AI and kind of invading social media, so to speak. Maybe you don't like the word invading, but you know what I mean. And what does that do to how we relate to each other as humans? Like how much AI stuff and AI-generated stuff is going to be filling feeds in the near future, in your view?

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why Mark Zuckerberg wants to end the smartphone era

And that's just the idea that I've been thinking about of AI and kind of invading social media, so to speak. Maybe you don't like the word invading, but you know what I mean. And what does that do to how we relate to each other as humans? Like how much AI stuff and AI-generated stuff is going to be filling feeds in the near future, in your view?

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why Mark Zuckerberg wants to end the smartphone era

Why do you think it needs to exist as a new category? I'm still wrestling with why people want this. I get the companionship stuff that Character AI and some startups have already shown there's like a market for. And you've talked about how meta is already being used for role playing. Yeah. But the big idea is that AI has been used to intermediate in feed how humans reach each other.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why Mark Zuckerberg wants to end the smartphone era

Why do you think it needs to exist as a new category? I'm still wrestling with why people want this. I get the companionship stuff that Character AI and some startups have already shown there's like a market for. And you've talked about how meta is already being used for role playing. Yeah. But the big idea is that AI has been used to intermediate in feed how humans reach each other.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why Mark Zuckerberg wants to end the smartphone era

Why do you think it needs to exist as a new category? I'm still wrestling with why people want this. I get the companionship stuff that Character AI and some startups have already shown there's like a market for. And you've talked about how meta is already being used for role playing. Yeah. But the big idea is that AI has been used to intermediate in feed how humans reach each other.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why Mark Zuckerberg wants to end the smartphone era

And now all of a sudden, AIs are going to be in feeds with us.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why Mark Zuckerberg wants to end the smartphone era

And now all of a sudden, AIs are going to be in feeds with us.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Why Mark Zuckerberg wants to end the smartphone era

And now all of a sudden, AIs are going to be in feeds with us.