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Zuckerberg talks to AI clone as human creator looks on in weirdest demo of the year
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Zuckerberg talks to AI clone as human creator looks on in weirdest demo of the year

AI has given us some weird demos. And friends, it’s only going to get weirder from here. As the tech world runs headlong into the uncanny valley, the lines are blurring and things are getting weirder.

Take Wednesday’s Meta Connect keynote for example. There was a constant drumbeat of Meta AI and Llama demos throughout the event, but one in particular stood out for its strangeness.

Mark Zuckerberg invited creator Don Allen Stevenson III to join him onstage. The Meta CEO then picked up a phone and had a conversation with an AI-generated version of Stevenson while the real article stood between the exec and an image of himself on the big screen.

Image credits: Meta

The demo showcased AI Studio, a platform for designing custom chatbots. The program, which rolled out to all U.S. creators in July, started with just text. Wednesday’s event, meanwhile, showed how creators can essentially create virtual versions of themselves.

“If you’re getting a lot of DMs and you don’t have the time to respond, Creator AI for me answers a lot of my frequently asked questions,” Stevenson said of how he’s used the platform. “It saves time. I have time to go outside and take a break.”

Meta ran the demo during the same presentation that gave us chatbots voiced by Awkwafina, Dame Judi Dench, John Cena, Keegan-Michael Key, and Kristen Bell. Things only get weirder from here.