Mark Zuckerberg reacts to Elon Musk possibly buying Twitter

Mark Zuckerberg on Elon Musk possibly buying Twitter: “I think it's interesting as a saga… but I think even at this point, it's not actually clear what's going to happen.”
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[@TheVerge]

Watch the full interview here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYeYYZumiLB7fLM

[@altenberg-greifenstein]

Why would anyone waste their time watching someone evade answering?

[@BallinComedy]

👀

[@fdsajfldaskjf]

That interviewer looked a little too excited for Zuckerberg's response. What did he want to get out of that question?

[@keith5711]

You know, I'm not a big fan of Mark Zuckerberg, far from it in fact, but that is a fair answer

[@GenXDaddyO]

“Watch an even longer version of Mark Zuckerberg saying absolutely nothing of substance!”

[@jsun223]

He's a master of saying nothing

[@dandandroid]

I think it’s a polite way of saying bad idea

[@doniscoming]

Non binary reptilian version of - yeah he f*cked up 😅

[@mihnealazar7039]

Well of course he’s not gonna say anything. When you’re that important of a person, unless you’re a politician and that’s your job, a lot of times it’s better to be quiet in regards random topics.

[@RealLifeTech187]

he doesn't want others to gather data about him 😂 privacy matters a lot to the Zuck 😉

[@_123Ackerman]

For the first time I have to agree with him we don't really know it s still not clear

[@YouHaveACoolUserName]

The most AI-generated response ever

[@cenabisincap]

Shapeshifters error sometimes

[@ftb282]

Bro just hit the "this is definitely one of the things of all time"

[@dfredankey]

@@ftb282 literally

[@XiRevsGD]

“As an ai language model…”

[@akshitasharma8050]

True

[@mothefreakingoat]

"Um, um, um.. I don't know" -Mark Zuckerberg 🦎

[@HighVibrations22]

😂😂

[@personguy6987]

We need a repairman in here, Zuckerbot's malfunctioning again.

[@FrankLooez-el6nv]

INDEED ZuckerBots THE SWINDLER ANDROID

[@dhanurs8085]

😂😂😂

[@I-get]

😂😂😂

[@Tharuruu]

Lol,😂

[@Maggie_Bulldog]

​@@FrankLooez-el6nvlol sure is

[@littleman426]

When did they upgrade Zuckerberg to smile

[@Bradley_Stein]

And blink

[@O1OO1O1]

He got his emotion chip from his creator, Jeff Bezos

[@j.g7006]

@@O1OO1O1 lmaoo

[@Gigachad037]

Bro upgraded to windows 11

[@utubefuku7132]

@Sorav Sharma The truth is more complicated than that. His Avatar, the thing that is seen in public, is indeed a robot. The real "man" however, is a reptile that controls the robot

[@trueindiantrueindian2038]

Zuckerberg thinking...why did I not stole twitter idea also

[@ankur_x4]

Threads

[@traxagenda3445]

Zuck messed with his software update last night

[@maxsilbert]

He has an uncanny ability to waste everyone's time in every single interview he's done. Truly impressive

[@Biru_to]

I strongly disagree, watch his interview with Joe Rogan!

[@jacobmcmahan109]

True but ask yourself this? If they know he's a waster of people's time And they go ahead with it Then who is the true time waster?

[@hydrogenmissle]

@@jacobmcmahan109 you said it man. its almost like he represents the very thing he created. A waste of time..

[@GrabinGears]

Not mine because I don’t watch him

[@arlequin241]

Uncanny valley* when attempting human emotions that is 😆 🤣

[@Prick_of_the_millennium]

Mark Zuckerberg's robot mind: calculating every possibilities that could happen if he says any sentence

[@MrTitan_YouTube]

OMG !

[@ira_herself997]

😂😂😂

[@rashmitharushi7057]

😂😂😂😂

[@MyNewPassion]

He thinks Elon's gonna fail 😑

[@isaacsamuel7517]

Mark's the guy and Elon is an inspiration

[@loganthrift11]

He didn’t have the software update for this topic yet

[@anugrahchawla2274]

Plot twist: he releases threads

[@jamesdean747]

He is such a realistic robot.

[@apparit10n]

"More data needed. Cannot run simulation. Too many variables."

[@thespeakersreview99]

She more brain and money than you

[@jamesdean747]

@Angryperson than Find a simp to nurture you

[@J.D.Vision]

He's always reminded me of Data from startrek.

[@deedeeOWL]

I was about to point out that he appears more relaxed in this interview

[@leedevee]

Why even make this short, when he says literally nothing at all about the matter…

[@AwesomeBlackDude]

When you have money to throw away and all you've done is piss off millions of people who need that money to survive.

[@cestlavieeee]

Nah, I see it as Mark's expression and reaction to tell a lot of things. He laughs, says "i think its interesting, as a saga, but [long pause, prob thinking it wont happen, with a smile], but i think even at this point its not clear whats going to happen" He says this after the interviewer said its clear hes buying it, so from what I can tell he thinks its not going to even happen, and thinks its just another blip in the tech scene thats a bit funny.

[@growtocycle6992]

Not all communication is verbal. Mark says it all, straight away

[@Najobajo]

Lo facts.

[@TrollingHistory]

The last sentence was a dig in the dirt. His dream that facebook meta whatever can still turn it around. But facebook is finished. Granny's loves it but apps took over. Rumble will take over the game next. Its tiktok and KZbin in one. Plus it pays you no matter who you are.

[@TheSeledoonArmy]

He's too busy thinking about eating bugs

[@MrAWD-ox3gk]

😂

[@GGJiaJia]

😂

[@morpheus7422]

Hahahahaha, you tripping

[@jtzutube]

coated in Sweet Baby Rays

[@Kinobambino]

😂😂😂

[@howtodoit4204]

He just went a circle and came back just to say I don’t know 😊

[@luay5503]

He didn't answer cuz he was cooking up da competition

[@HerbMoore3]

He's terrified.

[@omarhiam9656]

He answered like a perfect robot that he is

[@jibonthebronfish4982]

Rcg hiiykg kids vireefds retree viplaw

[@uzairlol]

​@@jibonthebronfish4982ikr

[@davekissoon6261]

The gulp at the beginning says it all 🤣

[@Godsfavouriteidiot_]

Glad someone spotted that!

[@alexandercrush]

Yup shows that he thought it was a terrible idea. Then again if he thought it was a good idea than he’d have Facebook buy Twitter or at least make a bid. But he never did

[@dhokanson55]

Exactly what I thought.

[@rockboyznative]

VERY CLEAR COMPETITION

[@MyNewPassion]

My interpretation is, feel free to disagree: "sell it!"

[@fallencheeto4762]

This aged well, zuck had threads up his sleeve 😂😅

[@EnclaviousFiraga]

He's good at dodging questions. A fellow introvert for sure

[@im.virani]

as voldemort said - "spoken like a true politician"

[@Nagaeem]

I love that line from voldy

[@lunatik3395]

If you look closely at his face when the dude brings it up, you can tell he secretly HATES this is happening 😂😂

[@joebudi5136]

Yup. He gulps! Such an easy tell. Sadly they are all so worried about simply the truth being allowed to be seen.

[@fayguled900]

@@joebudi5136 Yea I don't think he gives a damn about politics. The only thing he cares about is his companies bottom line.

[@joebudi5136]

@@fayguled900 I disagree. If all he wants is to make profit he could have spent his billions elsewhere. Twitter is the "Town square" and freedom of speech has been non existent in said square. I think he truly wants to help our Republic which all begins at the Freedom of Speech. What's the point of being the world's richest if the world ends up worst off after you become the world's richest? I think he sees he has to do it because no one else can or will. Just my 1 cent.

[@fayguled900]

@@joebudi5136 Putting your faith in some billionaire elite is quite stupid.

[@reputablehype]

I'd hate it too if I was now in competition with a guy who has a track record of building tech hardware and all I had built was a glorified community newsletter.

[@sumasurm9638]

This alien can talk human language 😱

[@SooHaaacked]

I never thought robots could be jealous of competitors

[@alexfarrugia6106]

Zuckerberg has gone to the Trudeau school of answering questions.

[@Mr-ms2qo]

😂

[@urfaveswifties]

Loll we love a Canadian

[@McKurdi]

Like pretty much every disgusting politician, maybe he will be running in the future

[@Malikeh]

💯💯

[@Anonymous8317]

Mark the robot, “acquire money acquire money. Sip water, human traits” beep boop beep

[@joshuwariusthe1st612]

Hahahaha

[@milkybagz394]

LMFAOO

[@orikakuli]

Hahahaaaaaaaaa 😂😂😂

[@errebusaether]

HAHAHAHA 😂 Mark Zucherberg must be breaking his phone after seeing this.

[@fruitsyfarms5115]

Wtf 😂

[@tabi769]

"Its out there" LOOOOOOOL I would have died laughing

[@albertoacosta6788]

He really said Imma copy another company now

[@Ian_MacGregor]

Spoken like a true lizard 👍🏼

[@UnknownEvil_BadAliens]

The poor guy cant tell us anything, he know he would go missing from his vivarium fast I just cant wait to see his real face, i cant take their human filters no more, so uncanny 😂

[@HansSimorangkirAsian656]

😂😂😂

[@TheStepmonkey]

😂😂 So true

[@faisals8638]

😂

[@leaf143]

He's trying so hard not to shed his scales Infront of him 💀

[@boya8719]

😂😂

[@alixaida1018]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jaxx-ld2bu]

Okay😮

[@averagew4197]

Lamo

[@novakro]

This aged like fine milk 🥛

[@lmp9187]

Then he literally recreates twitter in the form of "Threads"

[@chikinbukit3531]

That moment you take advice from a lizard monster

[@DanielKolbin]

Funny joke, kinda

[@rosarioarenas5217]

Speaking of lizards u sound like one

[@the_original_dude]

This is exactly the kind of thing an AI would say. You ask it an opinion, and it gives you a roundabout answer using the words from your question.

[@randomyoutuber7898]

for real. its unable to creatively elaborate and can only regurgitate 🤨

[@yousefabdelmonem3788]

@@randomyoutuber7898 or think about it this way: the future is often unpredictable

[@ian9796]

To protect his public image and be a rational person, this is the smartest thing he could answer. You can tell by his laugh however, that he correctly suspected an incoming dumpsterfire

[@picklesandcream2394]

watching mark zuckerburg speak is unreal 😭

[@thewarrior980]

Every time he said "um" I thought he was going to try and convince us that he is not a lizard

[@rach101]

“Its out there and its interesting” -Mark lizardberg

[@711dolphin4]

I like to call him Fukcerberg

[@Uf7tt87]

You mean lizard zuckerburgar

[@mus139]

Westworld Character.

[@jarayablack3619]

He's one of few who write a whole paragraph and you still see a blank page

[@reputablehype]

Pull out the thesaurus to try and remix sentences to make the word count

[@neutrino78x]

unlike Musk his company is successful BECAUSE of him not DESPITE him.

[@mr.morales0707]

He’s supposedly the first ever full fledge human looking robot - this is the start of the end folks

[@lisawarwick6478]

When he asked him about Twitter the AI was generating speech

[@QualicSelf]

He is being professional and doesn’t want get pulled into sensationalist drama.

[@ent1311]

Exactly. The only person here with a good take.

[@Gerald0613]

It's called being a coward

[@andrewandrew4970]

No.

[@andrewandrew4970]

He said professional, lol

[@ent1311]

@@Gerald0613 how is he being a coward by not insulting him?

[@401robdog]

Zucks is brilliant at answering questions withou saying anything.

[@Sam-mn4ed]

He didn’t answer that at all. That’s a good pal 😂

[@alannacbarlow7476]

He was playing chess all along lol

[@GhostOfSnuffles]

"He is a fellow human, like me, a fellow human, human man is good, like me, a fellow human"

[@Husshar_Ladka]

Nice copy

[@topup4563]

Best comment ever 😂😂😂

[@greg7044]

Elon just Walked into Twitter HQ with a sink and said "let that sink in" 🤣🤣

[@yovanni.1913]

He a clown for that

[@AryaXVII]

@@yovanni.1913 mad 🤓

[@Raspberries9372]

@@yovanni.1913 stay mad

[@orangesnowman7137]

@@yovanni.1913 stay mad x2

[@Alastor.D]

@@yovanni.1913 ratio you're the only 🤡

[@HoratioWalls]

When you have chat GBT installed in your brain:

[@aussiert]

Hey Zuckerberg what have you done? Nothing, Hey Elon Musk what have you done? Oh I sent a couple of rockets into space.

[@booleah6357]

Man mark really needs to get that system error looked at. I think his CPU crashed for a second there.

[@kingfreak8548]

I’m always waiting on Zuck to blink horizontally

[@Erridoxs]

Vertically

[@kingfreak8548]

@@Erridoxs Nice try Zuck!

[@LalitSharma-jl7oq]

​@@Erridoxs Everyone blinks vertically

[@MindWriteEntLLC]

He drops Threads as a response but didn't want to spoil the fun..😂

[@russellrichmond5151]

Anyone remember when he said "when I was human, I am human" Look it up

[@LaciMarieKnight]

Lol the idea makes him squirm 😂

[@randalljaeger]

Something about MZ is very disturbing, it's like he's trapped in this world and is desperately trying to find his way out.

[@mattschuver4440]

Super intelligent people are eccentric, and downright socially awkward sometimes. But yeah after the surfing pics. I agree 🐻‍❄️

[@jamieknox668]

@@mattschuver4440 true!

[@StefanoRomeroT]

Maybe it's just unreleased trauma blocking him to express at his fullest self

[@skincareceo]

AGREE

[@harrisonsmack4014]

I think he has autism

[@Egobyte83]

Clever, he said so much without saying anything. Guy has been media trained for sure.

[@loetzcollector466]

He's really come up a lot since he was playing that banjo in Deliverance.

[@canuck21]

I can't wait for the demise of Meta.

[@billcable286]

I like the meta….

[@kylenope8048]

and I'm waiting for yours , son

[@amgjens]

I'm betting this won't happen

[@leaf143]

They lost 700 billion dollars due to its piss-poor quality and unpopularity. Hope this is just as satisfying to you as it was to me ✨

[@amgjens]

@@leaf143 700 billion? that was 2 days ago😆 Up 16%.. The market likes that there will be huge layoffs. We must not forget that Meta is still a very profitable business. Investors are worried Zuck won't pull the plug soon enough if this Metaverse turns out to be a dud. Revenue hit and CAPEX doubling are causing serious doubt...

[@ItsEvanHere]

I’m actively watching his AI script being generated so he can be programmed on what to say

[@handsoflight3765]

He tore them to shreds lol

[@hahinrichsen]

Tha Lizard as always says nothing but gets extremely uncomfortable

[@ericd9853]

I mean he’s saying nothing but it’s kind of true. We have no clue what’s happening with this.

[@MrJakku26]

Hopefully I can say n!&&@ and f@& again.

[@Anonymous-is2qb]

True. I think buying twitter is a waste of but I don't know 🤷‍♂️

[@willek1335]

@@Anonymous-is2qb If one of the most successful engineers see something I don't, I'm going to guess he's on to something. I'll listen because he basically saved Ukraine from being conquered by the Russians in the early stages of the 2022 war. Initially, Russia had managed to cut all communication between HQ in Kiev and it's sub military branches. This is something most media have jet to give Russia credit for, but then Musk showed up with Skylink super fast. Their whole government transferred to online over the weekend, and they're now pushing Russia back. That's impressive by him taking responsibility and the Ukrainians for pulling that off so quickly. If he thinks the echo chamber is a real threat to civilization, I'll happily pay attention. Thank you.

[@OfficialGOD]

@@Anonymous-is2qb no

[@aidenemerson670]

man what a really convincing robot

[@quilldev6280]

Scientist: Tony stark BUILT ONE OF YOU IN A CAVE. WHY CANT I GET THE TEXT TO SPEECH WORKING PROPERLY.

[@jaykay1332]

"don't show people your a soulless reptile"

[@LeftWithRight]

The way he communicates is so inhuman

[@Bad_Teddy_Bear]

So he responded by just jumbling the question 👽👽

[@TXY3008]

He answered like "Hi SIRI !" of apple

[@EpisodeCJSII]

"Does not compute, beep, boop, beep"

[@711dolphin4]

🤠ha 😆haa🤭 ha🤣 haa😄 ha😂 haa😅 ha 😆haa🤭 ha🤣 haa🤡

[@timmyark875]

Why he sounds more human and looks more human now 😱😱

[@madrobin742]

Software upgrade

[@haha-cm6pg]

@@madrobin742 😂

[@braddivens5179]

​@@madrobin742 Wouldn't this be firmware upgrades?

[@anony5021]

Funny. Astrologically he has Uranus almost near his first house but is in the 12th. Hiding his weirdness and y'all be like he's alien

[@Sumofallfears]

I dont see him licking his eyeball this time

[@user-ok9ue8gp6k]

Elon Musk; “Hold my beer”

[@halosrusty]

Marks programmers didn’t think Elon would buy twitter.

[@Pdrock2001]

Lmao he was visibly uncomfortable 😂 . Like the kid at school who plays with older toys 😂 .

[@mickwelch4041]

Big gulp from droid when heard Elons name.

[@michaelouz]

Love how he is clearly gagging at the thought of this question being asked, as it's being asked...

[@ns7353]

He was in denial, he knew Meta was failing and this was the killing stroke

[@twizz13r24]

Bro y’all are crazy, Elon has murdered twitter lol.

[@DonFelixGallardo]

@@twizz13r24twitter was already dead it just didn’t know it yet…

[@riderchallenge4250]

Meanwhile Mark secretly making Threads

[@roxygreenwood1923]

When you have a PhD in barely completing the essay's word limit without actually having studied anything ever

[@trer04]

Word salad.

[@victorseger6044]

Exactly..and I never knew he was related to Kamala the word salad queen

[@trer04]

@@victorseger6044 who?

[@blogattacker]

The latest version of Zuckerborg is actually very human. They incremented the number of blinks and almost get through the uncanny valley, almost.

[@midnighfairy]

Zuckerberg just read his last name first letters Zuck 😂😂😂😂😂

[@CarmenMorrison-nc3cq]

He said, "I don't know." Seems like a good response.

[@espianmashias9565]

May Facebook/Meta become another My Space.✊🏼✊🏼

[@akhandbharat1593]

It's already

[@buttquack]

Interviewer: elon buying Twitter any advice what do you make of it? Zucc: idk.

[@NoOne-qj8mg]

Here the prediction becomes unpredictable

[@Cade_X_250]

Human mode activated

[@Nonamethankyou128]

Wow he really Justin Trudeau'd that question

[@skankytrick]

He mansplained?

[@mountainmover777]

"The overlords have definitely been informed so... Standby!"

[@berlusmafia]

He learnt something. A few years ago he laughed at Elon's cooncerns about the threat of AI

[@andrewandrew4970]

"It's unclear, hehe" *agressivley sweating again* Host: 🤖

[@124mun]

When you realise he tried to buy twitter twice in the past but failed because he wouldn't pay them what they wanted

[@SchizophrenicRapture999]

“I feel no empathy for those who feel none for me”

[@anotherpuppet]

Basically I can’t say what I really think because corporately they will punish me for saying it.

[@jamesdubois4425]

Usually he hisses, blinks his vertical eyelids and scurries up the wall to safety

[@challengersrt5397]

His scales are good at camouflage

[@stoagymahalo5268]

Really show's the difference between a man working and a man who stole a lottery ticket.

[@jarodbreda-vk3nx]

Did you notice the massive gulp after he mentioned daddy Elons name? 😂

[@New_Creature_]

Stop acting like this guy's human

[@MrMLBson09]

You can his circuits go back to soulless mode at the very end of the clip.