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Meta uses Bowie's «Five Years» about human extinction in AI-optimism ad

Meta launched an ad about AI optimism that uses David Bowie's «Five Years» as its soundtrack. The song is about people discovering they have five years left before the apocalypse.

WHY IT MATTERS

It reveals an ironic and potentially problematic choice by Meta – using a song about human extinction as the backdrop for positive AI marketing underscores how tech companies navigate skepticism around AI safety and existential risk.

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