John Gruber Backs Notopoulos's Takedown of Alexandr Wang's 'Muse' Essay
Meta AI chief Alexandr Wang's essay on his AI product Muse draws sharp pushback as 'faux-hallmark pap.'
What to know
- Alexandr Wang's essay 'Why We're Building Muse' frames the AI product as freeing people to pursue 'the wanting and the dreaming' once it handles other problems.
- Katie Notopoulos publicly rejected the essay's sentiment as disingenuous corporate messaging, calling it 'faux-hallmark pap.'
- John Gruber's Daring Fireball post sided with Notopoulos over blogger Manton Reece's more positive interpretation, calling the vision 'dystopic, not utopic.'
Alexandr Wang Meta AI executiveKatie Notopoulos Writer/commentatorJohn Gruber Daring Fireball writerManton Reece Blogger
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Gruber sides with Notopoulos over Manton Reece's take
John Gruber writes on Daring Fireball that his own reading of Wang's essay is much closer to Notopoulos's critique than to Manton Reece's more positive interpretation, arguing the essay's vision is 'dystopic, not utopic' even though he believes Wang genuinely wrote it himself.
“My take is much closer to Notopoulos’s than to Manton Reece’s . I think it’s fascinating that Wang’s essay doesn’t sound at all like the sterile neutered voice of a Meta executive.”
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John Gruber followed up about Alexandr Wang’s Muse post on X: "Wang wrote that Muse “Clears the way and solves all the problems it can until the human part, the wanting and the dreaming, is all that’s left.” That’s dystopic, not utopic. It’s the actual creation and doing of things that makes life worthwhile — not just wanting and dreaming about…
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This makes me feel insane! This is faux-hallmark pap and if you believe for 1 sec that he cares about helping people “spending more time with family” or “opening a bakery” you don't need to wait for AI to kill us; you're stupid enough to drown from looking up at the rain
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Katie Notopoulos calls Wang's essay 'faux-hallmark pap'
Notopoulos posts a tweet thread arguing Wang's talk of people 'spending more time with family' or 'opening a bakery' because of AI is insincere corporate messaging, not genuine concern for people.
“This makes me feel insane! This is faux-hallmark pap and if you believe for 1 sec that he cares about helping people “spending more time with family” or “opening a bakery” you don’t need to wait for AI to kill us; you’re stupid enough to drown from looking up at the rain…”
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This makes me feel insane! This is faux-hallmark pap and if you believe for 1 sec that he cares about helping people “spending more time with family” or “opening a bakery” you don’t need to wait for AI to kill us; you’re stupid enough to drown from looking up at the rain
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Alexandr Wang publishes 'Why We're Building Muse' essay — Wang, in an essay explaining the rationale for Meta's AI product Muse, writes that it 'clears the way and solves all the problems it can until the human part, the wanting and the dreaming, is all that's left.'