Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day.
As a thought experiment, imagine only one person had a superintelligent lawyer. They would have an unfair advantage in court — even if they were wrong on the merits. That would lead to a worse society. But now imagine everyone has a superintelligent lawyer. In this case, justice would be carried out much more fairly and efficiently than it is today when there is often an imbalance in skills and resources in litigation.
— Mark Zuckerberg, Meta Platforms CEO and founder, offering a glimpse of how he envisions a future where superintelligent artificial intelligence is available to help everyone succeed, in “The Future Is for Everyone: The Path to a Positive AI Future,” a 14-page letter that he wrote and posted earlier this week on the Meta website.
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