Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, has predicted a future where AI will understand you so well that different AI personalities will become your “friends”.
In a new Interview With Podcaster Dorkesh Patel, Zuckerberg said he believes “the average person wants maximum connection, wants more and more relationships he has,” and thinks that trained Ai Chat boats can help fill this falsehood.
Zuckerberg told Patel, “I think, the average American, less than three friends, three people they will consider, and the average person is mostly demanding, I think it’s like 15 friends.” (He was probably referring to 2023 Pew Research Center SurveyWho found that 40 % of Americans say they have three or fewer friends, while 38 % have five or more.)
Zuckerberg says AI has the opportunity to fill this gap.
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Although he said that AI will not change personally or real -life contacts, it can help people feel lonely. He added that consumers are already taping in the AI ​​for preparation preparation for difficult conversations with people in their lives, and other companies are already presenting AI purse. Virtual Therapist And romantic partners.
Zuckerberg, separately, said, “For those who do not have a physician, I think everyone would have AI.” Podcast Last week with analyst Ben Thomson.
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However, not everyone is with “friends” and social media users criticized Zuckerberg for their comments.
Author Nail Tructs is written on x Zuckerberg’s point of view is “That is when you believe that humanity is low for binary data – you think about friendship with the lens of supply and demand.”
Other users Inquiries If AI friends will tell humans how to vote and what to believe, while the other Tracked to the evolution of Meta In 2006, with friends in 2026 to connect with “fantasy friends” from space.
Had more hope on something more, Writing That he wanted “an AI friend.”
Caroline Rogers, head of marketing in Agency Blockos, is written on x That the next step will be for AI’s friends to start recommending the product, which will help Meta to maneuver this friendship.
2006 – Join Facebook to connect with my friends
2026 – Join Facebook to connect with your imaginary friends– WRLB? (@WRLB2) May 1st, 2025
Zuckerberg’s comments arrived when Meta released the Standstone Meta AI app to compete with Openai’s Chattagpat, Google’s Gemini, and ZK Grook last week.
Zuckerberg revealed An Instagram video About the release of this app, about one billion people use MetaAI globally in company apps such as Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
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