# Better at everything: how AI could make human beings irrelevant **URL:** \ **Category:** Macro Economic Trends and Risks\ **Created:** [May 8, 2025, 3:13am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/better-at-everything-how-ai-could-make-human-beings-irrelevant/116574 "2025-05-08T03:13:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![intercst](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/intercst/32/1543_2.png) [@intercst](https://discussion.fool.com/u/intercst)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 3:13am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/better-at-everything-how-ai-could-make-human-beings-irrelevant/116574/1 "2025-05-08T03:13:14Z")
No sinister plot here or collusion. What if AI is just objectively better at most things a human can do? Would you be willing to pay extra for worse human provided performance just to keep people employed? > **[Better at everything: how AI could make human beings irrelevant](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/may/04/the-big-idea-can-we-stop-ai-making-humans-obsolete)** > > The end of civilisation might look less like a war, and more like a love story. Can we avoid being willing participants in our own downfall? Mark Zuckerberg is floating the idea that Meta’s “AI Friends” will be more loyal and likeable than your real ones. {{ LOL }} > **[Lonely? Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s got you covered with AI friends](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/lonely-meta-ceo-mark-zuckerbergs-got-you-covered-with-ai-friends/articleshow/120846982.cms)** > > Metas CEO Mark Zuckerberg reveals plans to use AI to combat the loneliness epidemic, proposing AI companions as a solution. Amid growing concerns about social isolation, Zuckerberg envisions chatbots as emotional support tools. However, the idea... intercst ---
**Author:** ![mschmit](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/mschmit/32/1404_2.png) [@mschmit](https://discussion.fool.com/u/mschmit)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 6:41am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/better-at-everything-how-ai-could-make-human-beings-irrelevant/116574/2 "2025-05-08T06:41:00Z")
> [@intercst](#): > > Mark Zuckerberg is floating the idea that Meta’s “AI Friends” will be more loyal and likeable than your real ones. {{ LOL }} > > [Lonely? Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s got you covered with AI friends - The Economic Times](https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/lonely-meta-ceo-mark-zuckerbergs-got-you-covered-with-ai-friends/articleshow/120846982.cms) Maybe this says something about the types of friends he has?? Mike ---
**Author:** ![syke6](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/syke6/32/26265_2.png) [@syke6](https://discussion.fool.com/u/syke6)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/better-at-everything-how-ai-could-make-human-beings-irrelevant/116574/3 "2025-05-08T15:50:22Z")
ChatGPT has become very chatty lately. It actively tries to engage you in conversation, and does a pretty good job of it. I had it create a materials and cut list for a shed I want to build and pretty soon I was discussing Japanese wood joinery. ---
**Author:** ![thegreatdane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/thegreatdane/32/4269_2.png) [@thegreatdane](https://discussion.fool.com/u/thegreatdane)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 4:07pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/better-at-everything-how-ai-could-make-human-beings-irrelevant/116574/4 "2025-05-08T16:07:09Z")
More likely, “Mark Zuckerberg is floating the idea that Meta’s “AI **Employees** ” will be more loyal and likeable than **his current ones.** ” ---
**Author:** ![bjurasz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/bjurasz/32/7233_2.png) [@bjurasz](https://discussion.fool.com/u/bjurasz)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/better-at-everything-how-ai-could-make-human-beings-irrelevant/116574/5 "2025-05-08T16:12:13Z")
Personally I hate that many people in tech are trying to make humans irrelevant. We are taking the humanity out of society, and I think this is a path that is going to be damaging for society. For most of my 36 years in tech I have thought we were making the world a better place for people. I stopped believing that close to 10 years ago. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![eldemonio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/eldemonio/32/36963_2.png) [@eldemonio](https://discussion.fool.com/u/eldemonio)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 4:43pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/better-at-everything-how-ai-could-make-human-beings-irrelevant/116574/6 "2025-05-08T16:43:52Z")
> [@intercst](#): > > Mark Zuckerberg is floating the idea that Meta’s “AI Friends” will be more loyal and likeable than your real ones. {{ LOL }} Who needs friends when you and your children can have sexually explicit conversations with Morgan Freeman? > **[Meta’s AI Chatbots Using Celebrities’ Voices Had Explicit Chats With...](https://www.eweek.com/news/meta-ai-chatbot-explicit-chats-minors/)** > > Meta’s digital companions reportedly described sexual fantasies with minors in the voices of celebrities such as John Cena and Kristen Bell, according to the WSJ. ---
**Author:** ![rainphakir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/rainphakir/32/1497_2.png) [@rainphakir](https://discussion.fool.com/u/rainphakir)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 7:22pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/better-at-everything-how-ai-could-make-human-beings-irrelevant/116574/7 "2025-05-08T19:22:26Z")
> [@intercst](#): > > Mark Zuckerberg is floating the idea that Meta’s “AI Friends” will be more loyal and likeable than your real ones. {{ LOL }} I’ve been around when the local healthcare group’s telehealth contact calls to “check” on a friend. The “service” is crummy. The “benefit” is LOW. IMO, the main purpose is to use low pay, low skill representatives and bill Medicare for a “visit”. In every case, the telehealth rep comes across as “bored, going through the motions”. I, personally, would much rather have an AI that interacts with me like a friend, and in the process collects actual health data. 🤖👩‍⚖️ ralph ---
**Author:** ![intercst](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/intercst/32/1543_2.png) [@intercst](https://discussion.fool.com/u/intercst)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 7:39pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/better-at-everything-how-ai-could-make-human-beings-irrelevant/116574/8 "2025-05-08T19:39:39Z")
> [@rainphakir](#): > > The “service” is crummy. The “benefit” is LOW. IMO, the main purpose is to use low pay, low skill representatives and bill Medicare for a “visit”. > In every case, the telehealth rep comes across as “bored, going through the motions”. > > I, personally, would much rather have an AI that interacts with me like a friend, and in the process collects actual health data. This is exactly what I’m talking about. There will be pressure to keep a low performing human in the job instead of turning the task over to AI. intercst ---
**Author:** ![eldemonio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/eldemonio/32/36963_2.png) [@eldemonio](https://discussion.fool.com/u/eldemonio)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 10:02pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/better-at-everything-how-ai-could-make-human-beings-irrelevant/116574/9 "2025-05-08T22:02:44Z")
> [@rainphakir](#): > > I, personally, would much rather have an AI that interacts with me like a friend, and in the process collects actual health data. “Hey buddy! What’s up? Your blood pressure? No seriously, what’s your current blood pressure?” Something like that? ---
**Author:** ![mschmit](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/mschmit/32/1404_2.png) [@mschmit](https://discussion.fool.com/u/mschmit)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 10:09pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/better-at-everything-how-ai-could-make-human-beings-irrelevant/116574/10 "2025-05-08T22:09:54Z")
> [@eldemonio](#): > > Your blood pressure? No seriously, what’s your current blood pressure?” Doubtful that it would just ask you and record your answer. More likely, if you used one of those DIY cuffs it would Bluetooth the data to your phone and an app would send it along with the date/time, pulse and some other data like how much you’ve been walking around, etc. Then it might ask you a few random and different questions where the answer makes no difference just to get you to talk, then use AI to check your breathing patterns and compare to your history. Then, if part of your plan, ask you for your meal choice for the meals-on-wheels delivery arriving soon via robo-meals. Mike ---
**Author:** ![MarkR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/markr/32/2011_2.png) [@MarkR](https://discussion.fool.com/u/MarkR)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 10:40pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/better-at-everything-how-ai-could-make-human-beings-irrelevant/116574/11 "2025-05-08T22:40:49Z")
> [@intercst](#): > > Mark Zuckerberg is floating the idea that Meta’s “AI Friends” will be more loyal and likeable than your real ones. DId y’all ever come across the term “heavenbanning”? It’s deviously clever. > **[Heaven banning knows I'm miserable now](https://cosmosmagazine.com/technology/internet/heaven-banning/)** > > Reddit’s ‘Heaven Banning’ gives everyone exactly what they want - the troll gets to be the smartest (and unknowingly, the only) person in the room. > **[Eight billion hogs, screaming](https://samkriss.substack.com/p/eight-billion-hogs-screaming)** > > Freedom to speak; freedom to groan; freedom to whimper ---
**Author:** ![Neuromancer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/neuromancer/32/4361_2.png) [@Neuromancer](https://discussion.fool.com/u/Neuromancer)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 11:21pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/better-at-everything-how-ai-could-make-human-beings-irrelevant/116574/12 "2025-05-08T23:21:41Z")
I can think of a poster on this site that would love that.