The Future is for E̶v̶e̶r̶y̶o̶n̶e̶ Meta

This article critiques Mark Zuckerberg's August 2026 essay 'The Future is for Everyone,' in which he claims superintelligence is a few years away and that Meta will democratize it. The author, an AI practitioner, argues that Zuckerberg's essay is a capital expenditure plan disguised as philosophy, pointing out the undefined use of 'superintelligence,' the lack of evidence, and the gap between current AI capabilities and promised future systems. The article cites surveys showing researcher skepticism about AGI, high hallucination rates in leading models, and METR's task-horizon data to challenge the feasibility of near-term superintelligence. It concludes that Meta's narrative serves its business interests rather than a genuine technological roadmap.