[saaaaaam]

This is extraordinary.

The FT piece says "They added that the character was being trained on the billionaire’s mannerisms, tone and publicly available statements, as well as his own recent thinking on company strategies, so that employees might feel more connected to the founder through interactions with it."

Surely the more likely outcome is that employees feel less connected to "the founder" because they know that there's a high chance they are simply talking to an AI clone?

[empyrrhicist]

> might feel more connected to the founder through interactions with it

Also... is that a thing most people want?

[SpicyLemonZest]

Yes. People don’t always frame it as “ooh, if only I could meet Mark Zuckerberg”, but most people IME are at least a little wistful about the kind of company where you’re on friendly terms with your CEO.

Is this a meaningful replacement for that? Probably not, but I’m not prepared to rule it out. Give 1 in 1000 Claudes a Zuckerberg persona and you’d get some chuckles out of it I bet.

[lubujackson]

Robo-Zuck seems to think so... and his AI agrees.

[tonyedgecombe]

Remind me which one is the AI.

[rchaud]

This sounds like a Sheldon plotline from The Big Bang Theory.

[MagicMoonlight]

I mean, the biggest issue is when they persuade his model to use the N-word or make some public announcement. It's just a recipe for disaster.