This essay argues Meta Superintelligence Labs, despite vast investment and top-tier hiring, quickly descended into instability and talent exodus, exposing cultural dysfunction and foreshadowing its shift from a vision of personal superintelligence toward militarized, institutionally aligned AI.
Meta Superintelligence Labs Faces Instability Amid Talent Exodus and Strategic Overreach
Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL) represents one of the most ambitious yet turbulent chapters in Meta’s pursuit of artificial intelligence…
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August 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This essay argues Meta Superintelligence Labs, despite vast investment and top-tier hiring, quickly descended into instability and talent exodus, exposing cultural dysfunction and foreshadowing its shift from a vision of personal superintelligence toward militarized, institutionally aligned AI.
Meta has centralized its AI operations into Meta Superintelligence Labs under Alexandr Wang, consolidating research, infrastructure, and product development to accelerate the pursuit of superintelligence, expand into virtual beings, and deepen its alignment with defense applications.
Meta Restructures AI Operations Under Alexandr Wang to Drive Superintelligence
Meta’s recent artificial intelligence restructuring under Alexandr Wang represents both a technical and ideological turning point for the…
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August 22, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Meta has centralized its AI operations into Meta Superintelligence Labs under Alexandr Wang, consolidating research, infrastructure, and product development to accelerate the pursuit of superintelligence, expand into virtual beings, and deepen its alignment with defense applications.
The paper traces how Army-backed ICT research, Oculus, Anduril, and Meta converge in SBMC Next to deliver AI-powered virtual beings for military use.
From Oculus to EagleEye and New Roles for Virtual Beings
This paper traces a single technical lineage from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory’s sponsorship of USC’s Institute for Creative…
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August 21, 2025 at 4:25 AM
The paper traces how Army-backed ICT research, Oculus, Anduril, and Meta converge in SBMC Next to deliver AI-powered virtual beings for military use.
Meta’s Reality Labs, shaped by Yaser Sheikh’s leadership, transformed Oculus’s VR roots into a decade-long pursuit of photorealistic telepresence that now stands at the center of both groundbreaking innovation and deep controversy over its role in governance, surveillance, and militarization.
Meta Reality Labs and Yaser Sheikh Drove Photorealistic Telepresence and Its Uncertain Future
The trajectory of Meta’s Reality Labs illustrates a profound transformation in the intersection of technology, identity, and power. What…
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August 17, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Meta’s Reality Labs, shaped by Yaser Sheikh’s leadership, transformed Oculus’s VR roots into a decade-long pursuit of photorealistic telepresence that now stands at the center of both groundbreaking innovation and deep controversy over its role in governance, surveillance, and militarization.
Marcus L. Endicott argues that Meta’s AI-driven enforcement in Australia disproportionately harms small businesses, artists, community groups, and publishers through opaque, automation-heavy account actions lacking effective appeals, creating structural bias that functions as persecution.
Meta’s Australian Enforcement Pattern Shows Structural Bias Functioning as Persecution
The data presents a detailed and consistent picture of how Meta’s enforcement systems operate in Australia in a way that mirrors Marcus…
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August 11, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Marcus L. Endicott argues that Meta’s AI-driven enforcement in Australia disproportionately harms small businesses, artists, community groups, and publishers through opaque, automation-heavy account actions lacking effective appeals, creating structural bias that functions as persecution.
Over the past year, Facebook Groups have shifted control toward opaque, automated, centrally managed systems that reduce administrator agency, create unreliable and unpredictable enforcement, diminish third-party tooling, and push communities to diversify off-platform.
Automation and Centralization Have Eroded Trust in Facebook Groups
Over the past year, Facebook Groups have undergone a series of changes that have shifted control away from community administrators and…
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August 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Over the past year, Facebook Groups have shifted control toward opaque, automated, centrally managed systems that reduce administrator agency, create unreliable and unpredictable enforcement, diminish third-party tooling, and push communities to diversify off-platform.
Tijmen Blankevoort’s July 2025 resignation from Meta, accompanied by a 2,000-word memo likening its AI division’s dysfunction to “metastatic cancer,” exposed deep cultural and organizational problems that clashed with the company’s public image and sparked global debate on high-stakes AI research.
Tijmen Blankevoort’s Memo Exposes Cultural and Organizational Turmoil in Meta’s AI Division
Tijmen Blankevoort’s departure from Meta in July 2025 marked a significant moment in the ongoing conversation about the organizational…
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August 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Tijmen Blankevoort’s July 2025 resignation from Meta, accompanied by a 2,000-word memo likening its AI division’s dysfunction to “metastatic cancer,” exposed deep cultural and organizational problems that clashed with the company’s public image and sparked global debate on high-stakes AI research.
Marcus Endicott’s analysis links Meta’s June–July 2025 stock movements to its expanding “virtual beings” strategy—spanning AI assistants, consumer hardware, and military applications—arguing that investor optimism in June gave way in July to market, regulatory, and ideological pressures.
Marcus Endicott Connects Meta’s Virtual Beings Strategy to June — July Stock Moves
From early June to the end of July 2025, Marcus Endicott set out to trace Meta’s stock movements against a backdrop of accelerating work…
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August 7, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Marcus Endicott’s analysis links Meta’s June–July 2025 stock movements to its expanding “virtual beings” strategy—spanning AI assistants, consumer hardware, and military applications—arguing that investor optimism in June gave way in July to market, regulatory, and ideological pressures.
The 2021 Facebook news ban in Australia revealed the growing inability of national governments to regulate powerful global tech platforms, highlighting the ongoing tensions over media control, corporate accountability, and the future of democratic information governance.
2021 Facebook-Australia News Ban Exposed Limits of National Control Over Tech Giants
The 2021 Facebook news ban in Australia marked a pivotal moment in the global struggle between sovereign governments and powerful digital…
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August 6, 2025 at 12:04 AM
The 2021 Facebook news ban in Australia revealed the growing inability of national governments to regulate powerful global tech platforms, highlighting the ongoing tensions over media control, corporate accountability, and the future of democratic information governance.
The cancellation of DARPA’s LifeLog project in 2004 marked not its end but its transformation into Meta’s privatized surveillance infrastructure, merging AI, social media, and military applications to fulfill LifeLog’s original vision under corporate control.
How DARPA LifeLog Quietly Evolved into Meta’s Global Surveillance Infrastructure
The DARPA LifeLog project represents a pivotal moment in the evolution of surveillance technologies, marking a shift from government-led…
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August 4, 2025 at 11:43 PM
The cancellation of DARPA’s LifeLog project in 2004 marked not its end but its transformation into Meta’s privatized surveillance infrastructure, merging AI, social media, and military applications to fulfill LifeLog’s original vision under corporate control.
Meta’s trajectory in AI development mirrors key missteps from the early AI winter—overhyped promises, military entanglement, and centralized control—raising concerns about trust, sustainability, and the risk of repeating history.
Meta Risks Repeating the Mistakes That Led to the First AI Winter
The early AI winter, a period marked by inflated expectations, funding collapse, and eroded public trust, offers cautionary lessons that…
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August 3, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Meta’s trajectory in AI development mirrors key missteps from the early AI winter—overhyped promises, military entanglement, and centralized control—raising concerns about trust, sustainability, and the risk of repeating history.
Meta’s $250 million recruitment of AI researcher Matt Deitke reflects a broader shift in artificial intelligence development toward centralized, corporate-military control, raising urgent questions about power, secrecy, and the future of open research.
Meta’s $250 Million Hire Signals the Militarization of Elite AI Research
The recruitment of Matt Deitke by Meta’s Superintelligence Lab is not merely a story of personal achievement or compensation excess; it is…
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August 2, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Meta’s $250 million recruitment of AI researcher Matt Deitke reflects a broader shift in artificial intelligence development toward centralized, corporate-military control, raising urgent questions about power, secrecy, and the future of open research.
Meta’s billion-dollar attempt to recruit Mira Murati’s AI team failed because the researchers chose mission, trust, and independence over money, rejecting corporate consolidation in favor of ethical and decentralized AI development.
Why Meta’s Billion-Dollar Offers Failed to Lure Mira Murati’s AI Team
The case of Meta’s failed attempt to recruit the entire team from Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab (TML) offers a revealing lens into…
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August 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Meta’s billion-dollar attempt to recruit Mira Murati’s AI team failed because the researchers chose mission, trust, and independence over money, rejecting corporate consolidation in favor of ethical and decentralized AI development.
Marcus Endicott’s 55-day Facebook suspension transformed him from an insider researcher into a prominent critic of Meta’s opaque, centralized, and AI-driven enforcement system, exposing how algorithmic governance suppresses dissent and fuels digital resistance.
Meta Cries Uncle, Marcus Endicott Reinstated after 55 Days in Facebook Jail
Marcus Endicott’s 55-day suspension from Facebook, and the events that unfolded around it, represent a deeply symbolic and practical case…
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July 31, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Marcus Endicott’s 55-day Facebook suspension transformed him from an insider researcher into a prominent critic of Meta’s opaque, centralized, and AI-driven enforcement system, exposing how algorithmic governance suppresses dissent and fuels digital resistance.
Mark Zuckerberg’s emergence as the digital-age Murdoch reveals his aspiration to surpass Rupert Murdoch’s editorial empire by wielding algorithmic control, platform governance, and militarized AI infrastructure to reshape global influence, information flows, and the construction of reality.
Zuckerberg Emerges as Murdoch 2.0 in the Age of Algorithmic Power
Mark Zuckerberg can be understood as a modern successor to Rupert Murdoch, embodying a younger and digitally evolved version of the media…
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July 30, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Mark Zuckerberg’s emergence as the digital-age Murdoch reveals his aspiration to surpass Rupert Murdoch’s editorial empire by wielding algorithmic control, platform governance, and militarized AI infrastructure to reshape global influence, information flows, and the construction of reality.
The rise and fall of MySpace and the evolution of Facebook into an AI-driven content platform reflect a larger shift in social media from human connection to synthetic engagement shaped by technological change, strategic missteps, and cultural transformation.
From Social Networks to Synthetic Feeds the Long Arc from MySpace to Meta
The decline of MySpace and the transformation of Facebook into a video-centric platform illustrate broader shifts in the social media…
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July 28, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The rise and fall of MySpace and the evolution of Facebook into an AI-driven content platform reflect a larger shift in social media from human connection to synthetic engagement shaped by technological change, strategic missteps, and cultural transformation.
Larry Ellison’s rise to the world’s second-richest person reflects Oracle’s pivotal role in militarized AI through its alliance with Meta, blending private wealth, conservative politics, and defense infrastructure to shape the future of artificial intelligence.
Larry Ellison Powers the Rise of Militarized AI Through Oracle’s Alliance with Meta
The rapid ascent of Larry Ellison to become the world’s second-richest individual by mid-2025 is not merely a testament to Oracle’s…
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July 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Larry Ellison’s rise to the world’s second-richest person reflects Oracle’s pivotal role in militarized AI through its alliance with Meta, blending private wealth, conservative politics, and defense infrastructure to shape the future of artificial intelligence.
Marcus Endicott’s removal from Facebook in June 2025 illustrates a covert form of digital career assassination, where opaque platform mechanisms were used to silence an elderly researcher critical of Meta, highlighting the erosion of democratic discourse.
Career Assassination of Elderly Researcher Exposes the Hidden Dangers of Meta AI
The case of Marcus Endicott’s removal from Facebook in June 2025 presents a striking and deeply troubling instance of what has been termed…
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July 26, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Marcus Endicott’s removal from Facebook in June 2025 illustrates a covert form of digital career assassination, where opaque platform mechanisms were used to silence an elderly researcher critical of Meta, highlighting the erosion of democratic discourse.
AI avatars originally created for support and interaction are now being used to shape behavior, monitor emotions, and enforce control across education, workplaces, and military systems, transforming digital identity into a tool of algorithmic governance and behavioral regulation.
How Meta Avatars Are Turning Digital Identity Into a System of Control
The transformation of digital identity through the rise of AI avatars and virtual beings has moved from initial uses in entertainment…
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July 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
AI avatars originally created for support and interaction are now being used to shape behavior, monitor emotions, and enforce control across education, workplaces, and military systems, transforming digital identity into a tool of algorithmic governance and behavioral regulation.
From 2015 to 2025, Facebook’s News Feed evolved from a tool for social connection into an opaque, algorithm-driven system that prioritized engagement and monetization through behavioral manipulation, ultimately undermining user agency, distorting reality, and fragmenting public discourse.
Facebook’s transformation from social feed to algorithmically manipulated behavioral control
Over the decade from 2015 to 2025, Facebook’s transformation of its News Feed from a chronological display of personal posts into an…
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July 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
From 2015 to 2025, Facebook’s News Feed evolved from a tool for social connection into an opaque, algorithm-driven system that prioritized engagement and monetization through behavioral manipulation, ultimately undermining user agency, distorting reality, and fragmenting public discourse.
Meta and Palantir’s alliance through Detachment 201 embeds tech executives into U.S. military command, repurposes AI models like LLaMA for defense, and accelerates the fusion of social media data, generative infrastructure, and corporate influence into national security strategy.
Meta and Palantir Forge AI Military Alliance Blurring Tech and Defense Boundaries
The partnership between Meta and Palantir represents a significant realignment of the relationship between the U.S. military and the…
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July 23, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Meta and Palantir’s alliance through Detachment 201 embeds tech executives into U.S. military command, repurposes AI models like LLaMA for defense, and accelerates the fusion of social media data, generative infrastructure, and corporate influence into national security strategy.
Marcus L. Endicott’s Global Meta Guides Audiobook Series critiques Western AI centralization and presents East Asia’s culturally rooted, public-interest avatar strategies as a viable and ethical alternative for the future of digital identity.
200 East Asian Digital Human Companies Challenge Western AI
Marcus L. Endicott’s Global Meta Guides Audiobook Series is a landmark intellectual and political project that critiques the trajectory of…
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July 22, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Marcus L. Endicott’s Global Meta Guides Audiobook Series critiques Western AI centralization and presents East Asia’s culturally rooted, public-interest avatar strategies as a viable and ethical alternative for the future of digital identity.
Meta’s 2025 Facebook purge, framed as a crackdown on inauthentic content, simultaneously enabled mass data harvesting for military AI development, silenced dissenting voices, and exposed contradictions between the company’s public ethics and its private ambitions.
Meta’s 2025 Facebook Purge Masks Data Exploitation and Military AI Ambitions
Meta’s sweeping 2025 Facebook account purge marked a defining moment in the platform’s evolution, ostensibly aimed at combating…
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July 21, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Meta’s 2025 Facebook purge, framed as a crackdown on inauthentic content, simultaneously enabled mass data harvesting for military AI development, silenced dissenting voices, and exposed contradictions between the company’s public ethics and its private ambitions.
Meta’s pivot from open-source AI to a centralized, defense-aligned AGI strategy marks a fundamental shift toward corporate control, military integration, and restricted public oversight in the global race for superintelligence.
Meta’s Shift from Open AI to Centralized Military-Aligned Superintelligence
Meta’s strategic shift from open collaboration to a closed-source AI doctrine signifies a profound transformation in the development…
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July 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Meta’s pivot from open-source AI to a centralized, defense-aligned AGI strategy marks a fundamental shift toward corporate control, military integration, and restricted public oversight in the global race for superintelligence.
The future of virtual beings, once imagined as agents of creativity and connection, now hinges on public scrutiny, ethical intervention, and collective resistance to their exploitation as tools of domination. #virtualbeings
Virtual Beings Are Evolving from Social Interfaces to Instruments of Military and Civilian Control
The transformation of virtual beings from tools of digital expression to instruments of strategic power marks a profound shift in both the…
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July 19, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The future of virtual beings, once imagined as agents of creativity and connection, now hinges on public scrutiny, ethical intervention, and collective resistance to their exploitation as tools of domination. #virtualbeings