Mark Zuckerberg controls Meta and its AI infrastructure.
Total compute: about 5×10^19 dense INT8 operations per second under his direction.
Zuckerberg’s control centralizes vast compute resources under a single individual, concentrating decision-making and increasing the risks associated with unchecked deployment of powerful AI systems. This centralization also enables rapid development and experimentation at global scale.
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