Mark Zuckerberg

An entrepreneurial culture thrives when it’s easy to try lots of new ideas. We should explore ideas like universal basic income to give everyone a cushion to try new things. There is something wrong with our system when I can make billions of dollars... more AI Unverifiable source (2017)

In the AI era, it should be easier than ever for people to build new businesses. [...] This is important for ensuring that people broadly share in the prosperity created by superintelligence. AI Verified source (2026)

Our long-term vision is to build general intelligence, open source it responsibly, and make it widely available so everyone can benefit. We’re bringing our two major AI research efforts (FAIR and GenAI) closer together to support this. We’re current... more AI Unverifiable source (2024)

Open-source will ensure that more people around the world have access [...] It will make the world more prosperous and safer. AI Verified source (2024)

We're investing in AI-native tooling so individuals at Meta can get more done. We're elevating individual contributors and flattening teams. We're starting to see projects that used to require big teams now being accomplished by a single very talente... more AI Verified source (2026)

I think that people who are naysayers and try to drum up these doomsday scenarios — [...] I actually think it is pretty irresponsible. AI Verified source (2017)

We'll need to be rigorous about mitigating these risks and careful about what we choose to open source. AI Verified source (2025)