Mark Zuckerberg: First Interview in the Metaverse | Lex Fridman Podcast #398

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Released

September 28, 2023

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1h 4m

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Lex Fridman Podcast

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TRANSCRIPT: https://lexfridman.com/mark-zuckerberg-3-transcript EPISODE LINKS: Mark's Facebook: https://facebook.com/zuck Mark's Instagram: https://instagram.com/zuck Mark's Threads: https://threads.net/@zuck Meta AI: https://ai.meta.com/ Meta Quest: https://www.meta.com/quest/ Meta Connect 2023: https://www.metaconnect.com PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4 Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOeciFP3CBCIEElOJeitOr41 OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 0:52 - Metaverse 15:27 - Quest 3 30:16 - Nature of reality 34:54 - AI in the Metaverse 51:51 - Large language models 57:49 - Future of humanity SOCIAL:

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🎤 SPEAKERS

• Lex Fridman

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• Mark Zuckerberg

  guest

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Lex Fridman Podcast, featuring Lex Fridman and Mark Zuckerberg, Mark Zuckerberg: First Interview in the Metaverse | Lex Fridman Podcast #398 explores zuckerberg And Fridman Demo Photoreal Metaverse, Redefining Real Presence Online Lex Fridman interviews Mark Zuckerberg entirely inside Meta’s experimental photorealistic “Codec Avatar” system, demonstrating a sense of presence that feels nearly identical to in‑person interaction. Zuckerberg explains how high‑fidelity face and body scans are compressed into low‑bandwidth, real‑time avatars, and outlines the roadmap to making such avatars scannable via smartphones and usable across work, social, and mixed‑reality contexts. They explore how mixed reality in Quest 3 blends digital objects with physical space, and how Meta’s open‑source Llama 2 and new AI personas will power both assistants and character‑based AIs across Meta’s platforms. Throughout, they dive into philosophical and ethical questions about identity, grief, AI replicas, what counts as “real,” and how a blended physical–digital world could transform work, relationships, and civilization.

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