The Vergecast · Tuesday, September 1, 2026
V. Song and Liz Lapato discuss Mark Zuckerberg's AI manifesto, 'The Future is for everyone,' critiquing his vision of personal AI agents. They argue that the activities Zuckerberg believes AI can enhance are precisely those that give life meaning.
“Um, but Liz has made the case that those are the things that actually make life worth living in the first place.”
“So today, we're talking to Liz Lapato, author of said article, and V. Song, author of the text that she sent me in reply to my thoughts about said article, about what it means to be human and why so much of Mark Zuckerberg's manifesto feels so very hollow.”
“I think he was writing in opposition to, you know, some of the stuff that's been coming out of, uh, OpenAI and Anthropic, where they're saying, oh, AI is going to replace your job, and it's going to, like, totally disrupt your life, but, you know, it's going to be worth it because it's such a big advance, blah, blah, blah.”