

“In case it’s not clear, this is meant to be a fun summary and not a live demo,” said Zuckerberg in a comment immediately after posting the video – a clarification that was simultaneously helpful for those who failed to spot the “fun” while siphoning off any remaining dregs of fun for those who did. Perhaps Jarvis has turned evil? But no, Jarvis waits a beat before telling Mark that their are no good Nickelback songs – a punchline that’s about as edgy as a satsuma. At one point Mark asks Jarvis to “play us some good Nickelback songs” and Jarvis responds: “I’m sorry, Mark, I’m afraid I can’t do that.” Ooh, we think, a 2001: A Space Odyssey reference. facebook ceo mark zuckerberg has revealed jarvis an iron maninspired ai system that controls the lights temperature appliances music and security in his. The Guardian understands that some of these so-called “jokes” were produced by entrepreneurial Macedonian teenagers. They look like jokes and are delivered like jokes, but they are devoid of real joke content. Then there are the jokes, which we should probably call “fake jokes”.

Unfortunately, the performance is as wooden as Jenny’s letters. This is Zuckerberg the tinkerer and family man, not the guy accused of building algorithms that played a role in the US presidential election. Mark Zuckerberg has become Jenny from high school who sends professionally shot holiday cards featuring her husband Chip Inside, there’s a round-robin newsletter: “Chloe is showing a real affinity for ballet (more good toes than naughty toes!) while Tucker is reading well above grade level – who knew eight-year-olds would enjoy Dostoevsky?!” By meticulously choreographing a pastiche of domestic bliss and quirky invention, Zuck’s “people” appear to be trying to shift the attention away from 2016’s tribulations. At the beginning of 2016, Mark Zuckerberg set out to build an AI system for his home, likening such a system to Jarvis from the Iron Man.

The hacked-together artificially intelligent assistant is a unique. In releasing this video, Mark Zuckerberg has become Jenny from high school who sends professionally shot holiday cards featuring her husband Chip and their two adorable children all wearing Santa hats and holding large carved oak letters that spell out “blessed”. Mark Zuckerberg explains how he built his Jarvis AI system. Mark Zuckerberg's splashy new smart home technology, Jarvis, has garnered attention for playful features like a T-shirt cannon. (At one point he eats an unbuttered piece of toast straight from the toaster. It’s a two-minute, unsolicited humblebrag with a hammy script and a stilted, dead-eyed delivery that makes you question whether Mark or Jarvis is the robot. There are smiles and tickles and popcorn interspersed with on-brand messaging about Messenger bots, internet drones and conference calls. As we sweep through Zuckerberg’s enormous, minimalist home, we witness Jarvis provide calendar briefings, entertain Zuck’s daughter Max in Mandarin, identify and let people into his home, control the lights and play music.
