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.
celticninja · 5h 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 · 48m ago
I highly doubt an uber successful guy like him has no friends
SpicyLemonZest · 4h ago
How do you know that Mark has no friends?
shric · 1h ago
He likely has people pretending to be his friends, much like the AI friends he proposes.
owebmaster · 4h ago
I would guess he has zero friends by the way he sees friendship
pona-a · 3h ago
Game theory?
bediger4000 · 5h ago
Agreed. He's projecting.
moralestapia · 4h ago
Zero substance on these comments.
proc0 · 4h 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.
nothercastle · 4h 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 · 1h 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 :)
8200_unit · 4h ago
typically in groups. You can see multiple friends at once
nothercastle · 3h 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 · 5h ago
3 friends is a lot.
randomNumber7 · 4h ago
It probably depends on how you define "friend".
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andrewstuart · 5h ago
“Demand for friends”.
Describing friends as a supply and demand market business transaction is well … unusual.
EA-3167 · 5h 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 · 2h 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 · 3h ago
"They are now trying to colonize every minute of your life" - Bo Burnham
dirtyhippiefree · 5h 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.
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.