Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg reveals the social network giant's ambitious plan to develop Artificial Intelligence technologies that will be better than human mind and will change the way things are perceived.

According to ZD Net, social media giant Facebook is currently working on developing Artificial Intelligence technologies that will be responsible for a lot of the features. The update came directly from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg when the former replied to a question during an extensive session on Facebook. Zuckerberg confirmed that Facebook was working on developing facial and voice recognition tools using AI technology. He also said that the new technology being developed by them will be better than the human brain and therefore contribute towards a major change in the world. Clarifying his stand, Mark said that Facebook believed Artificial Intelligence will make their services more intelligent as well as user-friendly.

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During his interaction, Zuckerberg also quoted examples wherein AI techniques could be used to notify the users each time someone on their Facebook friends list clicks a picture with them. It could also help in simplifying the search for particular posts or images that are specific to a person's interest. Acknowledging the pace at which technology was progressing, Mark said that this feat using Artificial Intelligence could be achieved in the next ten years. He confirmed that Facebook, at this stage, is involved with various AI projects that are aimed to improve and simplify the social networking services being offered by them.

The Facebook AI labs are working on understanding the technology and its various facets. In line with this objective, Facebook also recently acquired Wit.ai, a voice-recognition AI startup. Another report on Engadget confirmed that Facebook is also working on satellites, drones, etc. in order to expand the potential of its Internet.org project. In the interaction, he talked about a future where internet access would be beamed down via a plane flying overhead or a satellite, which in turn will communicate with the main station on the Earth's surface a via a series of laser beams.

He also cleared the air on the controversy surrounding Facebook asking for real names while registering profiles, saying that the practice would continue. 

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