I think this is really sick. And it's against the mission of Meta.
It's possible, despite what many of these comments say, to build friendships as an adult. It just takes investment. What has helped me the most is:
- Bringing connections from one context into another. For example if you have a colleague you like, your relationship can't grow closer unless you start hanging out in a non-work context. Get involved with athletic activities with them. Or if you have similar aged kids, invite them over for a play date while the adults hang out.
- Combining friend hangouts. If you want 15 friends but only have time to hang with people every couple days, you don't have time to meet with people one-on-one. Organize group events like dinner parties or pot lucks. Also don't restrict these events to be just "work friends" or "pickle ball friends". Cross-pollinate groups.
- Create local friends. Nothing is more convenient than friends you live next door to. We do porch wine with our neighbors on Monday nights. It takes very little effort to set up a group text and get momentum around something like this.
djohnston · 10h ago
> - Combining friend hangouts. If you want 15 friends but only have time to hang with people every couple days, you don't have time to meet with people one-on-one. Organize group events like dinner parties or pot lucks. Also don't restrict these events to be just "work friends" or "pickle ball friends". Cross-pollinate groups.
World's are colliding Jerry! These situations always make me sweat.
celticninja · 16h ago
Mark has no friends so he assume no one has friends so he makes AI friends.
I can see this having no adverse effects within, say the incel culture, no adverse affects at all.
Bolwin · 11h ago
I highly doubt an uber successful guy like him has no friends
SpicyLemonZest · 15h ago
How do you know that Mark has no friends?
shric · 12h ago
He likely has people pretending to be his friends, much like the AI friends he proposes.
owebmaster · 15h ago
I would guess he has zero friends by the way he sees friendship
pona-a · 14h ago
Game theory?
bediger4000 · 16h ago
Agreed. He's projecting.
moralestapia · 15h ago
Zero substance on these comments.
proc0 · 15h ago
I don't think it's there yet. If we knew how the brain's architecture produces consciousness and we could recreate that in software, I would be open minded to have AI replace human interaction, but what Zucc is suggesting is that we build a social (or "para-social"?) relationship with a the output of tensor calculus.
verzali · 4h ago
The answer isn't imaginary friends Mark, no matter how much AI you put it in them.
nothercastle · 15h ago
How do you even manage 15 good friends as an adult? That would be 1 friend a day rotating every 2 weeks. Seems like a lot
bloomca · 12h ago
It's possible, but you need to be very social. Basically you do group activities every few weeks, some people are friends but live further so you meet them rarely, and some friends either need to live very close to you or share some activities (kids clubs, maybe some fitness activity, maybe work, etc).
My sister has 10+ friends she actively maintains. I have 2 :)
nothercastle · 10h ago
I have like 4 close 4 mid and 4 far away friends and then probably another dozen work/activity friends but I don’t think I could maintain them all as close friends just too much upkeep.
8200_unit · 15h ago
typically in groups. You can see multiple friends at once
nothercastle · 14h ago
That helps but managing 3 friend groups at a time Is a huge commitment even for an extrovert. It might be feasible as a college or high-school kid but not as an adult with kids
luotuoshangdui · 16h ago
3 friends is a lot.
randomNumber7 · 15h ago
It probably depends on how you define "friend".
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brador · 2h ago
The top Facebook bot maker software adds 2 friends when you generate a new account.
andrewstuart · 16h ago
“Demand for friends”.
Describing friends as a supply and demand market business transaction is well … unusual.
EA-3167 · 16h ago
Every time I hear him speak I can't help, but imagine him licking his eyes like gecko. He's such a deeply bizarre and unappealing man, and possibly the last person on Earth I want to hear about friendship from. I certainly don't want whatever his idea of a friend is.
lm28469 · 13h ago
Yeah but have you seen his cool sunglasses? And he told Joe Rogan he's into bow hunting, such a cool manly man dude bro!
nancyminusone · 14h ago
"They are now trying to colonize every minute of your life" - Bo Burnham
dirtyhippiefree · 16h ago
The man assumes that we want friends who don’t actually exist. Astounding.
It's possible, despite what many of these comments say, to build friendships as an adult. It just takes investment. What has helped me the most is:
- Bringing connections from one context into another. For example if you have a colleague you like, your relationship can't grow closer unless you start hanging out in a non-work context. Get involved with athletic activities with them. Or if you have similar aged kids, invite them over for a play date while the adults hang out.
- Combining friend hangouts. If you want 15 friends but only have time to hang with people every couple days, you don't have time to meet with people one-on-one. Organize group events like dinner parties or pot lucks. Also don't restrict these events to be just "work friends" or "pickle ball friends". Cross-pollinate groups.
- Create local friends. Nothing is more convenient than friends you live next door to. We do porch wine with our neighbors on Monday nights. It takes very little effort to set up a group text and get momentum around something like this.
World's are colliding Jerry! These situations always make me sweat.
I can see this having no adverse effects within, say the incel culture, no adverse affects at all.
My sister has 10+ friends she actively maintains. I have 2 :)
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Describing friends as a supply and demand market business transaction is well … unusual.