Mark Zuckerberg said there are very few 'seats on the boat' of his AI lab, which doesn't have top-down deadlines

Mark Zuckerberg compared Meta's superintelligence lab to a boat with "precious" seats and a group science project.

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• Mark Zuckerberg said that roles in Meta's superintelligence lab were "precious," comparing it to seats on a boat.
• "If someone isn't pulling their weight on that, then that has this huge negative effect," he told newsletter writer Rowan Cheung.
• Zuckerberg also said that the team doesn't have top-down deadlines and has flattened management.