Mark Zuckerberg says he'd rather risk 'misspending a couple of hundred billion' than be late to superintelligence

""If we end up misspending a couple of hundred billion dollars, I think that that is going to be very unfortunate, obviously," he said. "But what I'd say is I actually think the risk is higher on the other side." Zuckerberg said that if a company builds too slowly and artificial superintelligence arrives sooner than expected, it'll be "out of position on what I think is going to be the most important technology that enables the most new products and innovation and value creation and history.""

""The risk, at least for a company like Meta, is probably in not being aggressive enough rather than being somewhat too aggressive," he added. The tech giant has poured money into AI infrastructure. Zuckerberg earlier this month said Meta would spend at least $600 billion on US data centers and infrastructure through 2028. Meta's chief financial officer, Susan Li, later clarified that the figure covers all of Meta's US data center buildout in the US as well as"

Mark Zuckerberg says Meta is deliberately spending heavily on AI infrastructure to avoid falling behind if artificial superintelligence arrives sooner than expected. He acknowledges an AI bubble is "quite possible" and cites historical overbuilds that left behind valuable assets, but stresses the greater risk is hesitating. Zuckerberg accepts the possibility of misspending a couple hundred billion dollars rather than being underprepared for transformative AI. Meta has poured money into AI infrastructure and pledged at least $600 billion for US data centers and related operations through 2028, with the CFO clarifying the figure covers buildout and supporting US business operations.

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