Zoom CEO’s AI Dream: Digital Twins in Meetings

If your AI twin attends your meetings, do you even need to show up at work anymore?

Zoom CEO Eric Yuan envisions a future where AI-powered digital twins attend meetings on your behalf, claiming it could revolutionize work efficiency. He believes custom large language models (LLMs) could simulate individuals, allowing AI to make decisions in place of humans.

While Yuan suggests this future is only five or six years away, I think he is living in an AI dream. First of all, LLMs can't truly replicate human reasoning, equating them to talented impersonators rather than reliable decision-makers. Additionally, the idea raises significant privacy and security concerns, with potential for deepfake misuse.

More importantly, the idea of AI joining Zoom calls on your behalf will soon result in AI-only Zoom calls, in which case we no longer need Zoom to begin with. Yes, digita twins will play an important role in the future but not for attending zoom meetings on your behalf.

Is this innovation a step forward, or just another Big Tech fantasy that overlooks real-world implications?

Read the full article on Ars Technica.

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