Zuckerberg wants superintelligence available to everyone

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says superintelligence should be available to everyone, rather than controlled by a small group of companies or governments. In a programmatic statement on the future of AI, he argued that the technology should expand people’s ability to create knowledge, technology, and businesses—not simply automate existing work.

Zuckerberg’s case for personal superintelligence

Zuckerberg’s proposed model gives every person access to a personal AI assistant with superintelligent capabilities. He said that kind of system could help people develop medicines, launch companies, learn new skills faster, and handle everyday tasks more effectively.

His central claim is that invention, rather than replacing human labor, will be AI’s most important contribution to society. He also rejected centralized control, warning that if only a few organizations gained access to superintelligence, they would acquire excessive influence over the economy, science, and politics.

The “superintelligent lawyer” thought experiment

To explain the risk of unequal access, Zuckerberg asked readers to imagine a superintelligent lawyer available to only one person. That individual would have an unfair advantage in court, even if their legal position were fundamentally wrong, he wrote. If everyone had such a lawyer, he argued, the justice system could become fairer and more effective than it is today.

“When people are endowed with power, they naturally check and balance each other and the power of large institutions.”

The argument extends beyond legal representation: broadly distributed AI power, in Zuckerberg’s view, could limit the influence of large institutions instead of concentrating it further.

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Jobs, entrepreneurship, and access

Zuckerberg said widespread access to superintelligence would not destroy the labor market. He predicted that starting a business would become easier, the economy would become more entrepreneurial, and the number of small companies would grow.

Meta says AI development should be guided by freedom, open research, entrepreneurship, and equal access to new technologies. The statement did not provide a specific release schedule, product plan, or pricing for the proposed personal superintelligence.

The open letter also drew attention from Elon Musk, who published a link to it on his page. Meta is designated in Russia as an extremist organization, and its activities are prohibited there; Instagram and Facebook are included in that designation.