Joe Rogan podcast - live: Zuckerberg stirs controversy discussing ‘perfect’ bots, Hunter Biden and Metaverse
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who oversees Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and the Metaverse, made a surprise appearance as a guest on controversial podcast host Joe Rogan’s latest show.
Mr Zuckerberg’s three-hour interview touched on a variety of subjects as he touted the potential of Metaverse, discussed his favourite hobbies, weighed in on Hunter Biden’s laptop and revealed he doesn’t have time for social media sites despite having founded one of the world’s largest.
A standout moment came when he replied to a question on bot accounts and controversial content on social media platforms, saying he believes there weren’t going to be “perfect” artificial intelligence systems.
“I think it’s all trade-offs all the way down,” he said.
Mr Rogan has been a lightning rod since his Joe Rogan Experience, the world’s most popular podcast, was bought by Spotify in a $100m deal.
Earlier this year Rogan found himself at the centre of controversy when he was accused of spreading Covid-19 misinformation and hosted a guest who claimed that Americans were “hypnotised” into wearing masks and getting vaccines.
Grimes calls Mark Zuckerberg ‘under-qualified’ to run the Metaverse
Grimes has dismissed Mark Zuckerberg’s efforts to build a Metaverse, calling the Facebook founder “under-qualified”.
In a Twitter post, the musician – born Claire Boucher – wrote: “If Zuck ‘oversees the Metaverse’ it is dead and people who care about art and culture are building something else. Also this is bad art.”
Grimes calls Mark Zuckerberg ‘under-qualified’ to run the Metaverse
‘If Zuck oversees the Metaverse it is dead,’ said the musician
Mark Zuckerberg reveals why he stopped running
Mark Zuckerberg has revealed that running is no longer a part of his exercise routine because it doesn’t help him keep his mind off work.
The Meta founder discussed his morning routine while appearing on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast on Thursday, and noted how overwhelmed he gets when looking at all of the notifications on his phone.
Amber Raiken has the story.
Mark Zuckerberg says he stopped running because it doesn’t take his mind off work
‘But the problem with running is you can think a lot,’ he says
VOICES: ‘One of the most excruciating things I’ve ever seen'
ICYMI: The Independent’s Graeme Massie shared his reaction to Rogan’s interview with Zuckerberg in a column:
“For someone who invented social media, Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerberg did not appear a big fan of the monster he helped create during an excruciating interview with Joe Rogan.
“Unlike fellow tech titan Elon Musk, Mr Zuckerberg did not allow himself to get too loose, smoke marijuana, or carry out any other antics that could have caused Meta’s share price to slump dramatically.
“Instead, the buttoned-up billionaire tried to play it cool with the controversial UFC commentator and eagerly discussed his love of martial arts, specifically jujutsu.”
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Mark Zuckerberg’s interview with Joe Rogan was excruciating to watch
‘Imagine if you didn’t have to move to some city that didn’t have your values in order to be able to get all the economic opportunities, that would be awesome’
WATCH: Zuckerberg says FBI warned Facebook about ‘Russian propaganda'
ICYMI:
Zuckerberg says VR could let people leave big cities that don’t ‘have your values’
ICYMI: The Meta CEO told Joe Rogan on his podcast that technology developments and the Metaverse could change working life forever.
“Imagine if you didn’t have to move to some city that didn’t have your values in order to be able to get all the economic opportunities, that would be awesome,” Zuckerberg told Rogan.
“So in the future where you can use AR, VR, and teleport in the morning to the office and show up as a hologram, I think that’s going to be pretty sweet, right? It will unlock a lot of economic opportunity, for a lot of people.”
Meta says ‘nothing new’ about Hunter Biden laptop story
“As we’ve said, nothing about the Hunter Biden laptop story is new. Below is what Mark told Sen. Johnson in Oct 2020 and what Mark told Joe Rogan this week. The FBI shared general warnings about foreign interference – nothing specific about Hunter Biden,” the company wrote on Twitter on Friday.
What we learned from Zuckerberg’s interview with Rogan
ICYMI: During his three-hour interview with Rogan, Zuckerberg pushed his company’s Metaverse expansion and claimed that it was the future for offices as well as home entertainment.
The notoriously private tech titan also gave a rare glimpse into his own life as he discussed his love of martial arts, UFC, and surfing with Rogan on the Spotify podcast.
The Independent’s Graeme Massie recaps five things we learned:
What we learned from Mark Zuckerberg’s Joe Rogan interview
Billionaire Facebook founder spent three-hours on The Joe Rogan Experience
Mark Zuckerberg takes a swipe at Twitter over handling of Hunter Biden laptop story
ICYMI: Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg criticised Twitter’s prohibition of sharing a story about President Joe Biden’s son Hunter, during an interview on The Joe Rogan Experience.
Mr Rogan asked Mr Zuckerberg about the attention Twitter received ahead of the 2020 election for banning the sharing a story by The New York Post about the contents of the future president’s son’s laptop.
Eric Garcia has the details.
Zuckerberg takes a swipe at Twitter over handling of Hunter Biden laptop story
‘What Twitter did is they said ‘you can’t share this at all.’ We didn’t do that,’ the Facebook founder tells Joe Rogan
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