Ngokombiko we-TechCrunch, namuhla (ngomhla zingama-30), umsunguli kanye ne-CEO yeMeta uMark Zuckerberg udweba kubatshalizimali isithombe sekusasa: ngemva kweminyaka emihlanu, izigidigidi zabantu emhlabeni zizoba ne-ejenti yazo ye-AI.
UZuckerberg wenze isibikezelo esinesibindi ocingweni lwemiphumela yezimali: “Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi sibeka isikhathi eminyakeni emihlanu noma kwesinye isikhathi, ngikholwa ukuthi mancane kakhulu amathuba okuthi esikhathini esizayo kungabi khona izigidigidi zabantu abasebenzisa ama-ejenti abo. I-ejenti yomuntu siqu ingaqonda izinhloso zakho, ikusebenzele ubusuku nemini, futhi ikusize ufinyelele izinhloso zakho kunoma iyiphi indawo ebalulekile kuwe.”
UZuckerberg wengeze ngokuthi ama-ejenti omuntu siqu e-AI angasiza abasebenzisi ukuphatha izindaba zezimali, ezempilo, ubudlelwano nabanye kanye nokuphathwa komndeni. “Esikhathini esizayo, wonke umuntu uzosebenzisana nama-ejenti amaningi ngesikhathi esisodwa, futhi ukubaluleka kweWhatsApp neminye imikhiqizo yezokuxhumana yeMeta kuzoqhubeka kukhula.”
Uphinde waveza ukuthi iWhatsApp isivele iyinkundla ehamba phambili abasebenzisi abasebenzisana nayo neMeta AI.
Nokho, iMeta isaqhubeka nokutshala izimali ezinkulu kumaphrojekthi amasha angakaqiniseki ngekusasa lawo. Ngemva kokumemezela imiphumela yezimali yekota yesibili yalo nyaka, intengo yamasheya yehle cishe ngo-10%. IMeta Reality Labs, ebhekele izibuko ze-AR, amahedisethi e-VR kanye nesofthiwe ehambisana nakho, ilahlekelwe cishe ngamadola ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-4.6 (qaphela: cishe ama-yuan ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-31.159 ngezinga lokushintshisana lamanje), okuyisilinganiso esicishe sifane namazinga okulahlekelwa kwekota kusukela ngo-2021. Ukulahlekelwa okuqoqiwe sekufinyelele cishe kumadola ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-88 (cishe ama-yuan ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-596.081 ngezinga lokushintshisana lamanje).
Okukhathaza kakhulu ukwanda okuqhubekayo kwezindleko ze-AI. Kule kota, imali yeMeta etholakala ngokukhululeka ibingamadola ayizigidi ezingu-784 kuphela (cishe ama-yuan ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-5.311 ngezinga lokushintshisana lamanje), kanti ngesikhathi esifanayo ngonyaka odlule ibingamadola ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-8.55 (cishe ama-yuan ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-57.915 ngezinga lokushintshisana lamanje), okuy ukwehla ngo-91% uma kuqhathaniswa nonyaka odlule. Ukutshalwa kwezimali kwingqalasizinda ye-AI kuye kwacindezela nakakhulu ukuhamba kwemali. Kuleli sonto, iMeta neBlackRock bamemezele ukuthi bazobambisana ekwakheni isikhungo sedatha esibiza amadola ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-14 (cishe ama-yuan ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-94.831 ngezinga lokushintshisana lamanje) e-El Paso, eTexas.
UZuckerberg ukholelwa ukuthi ama-ejenti omuntu siqu e-AI akhiwa yiMeta azoba “isisekelo semikhiqizo emisha nemithombo yemali engenayo emzuliswaneni olandelayo” ezinyangeni ezizayo ngisho naseminyakeni ezayo.