What Zuckerberg's 'personal superintelligence' sales pitch leaves out

• Zuckerberg unveils his vision for personal superintelligence.
• But his unclear definition leaves product and impact ambiguous.
• Superintelligence may disrupt jobs despite efficiency promises.

Another day, another vague reference to the promise of superintelligence. On Wednesday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared a video address and accompanying letter on X stating his company's "vision for the future of personal superintelligence for everyone."

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Zuckerberg coined that term -- without actually defining it -- earlier this month, when Meta announced its new Superintelligence Labs, a division within the company dedicated to building a computer system that significantly surpasses human capability.

Defining personal superintelligence

Superintelligence would leapfrog artificial general intelligence (AGI), which would be theoretically comparable to the human brain. Both remain deeply hypothetical.

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