“My personal challenge for 2016 was to build a simple AI to run my home — like Jarvis in Iron Man.”
This was Mark Zuckerberg’s goal for the year, and it looks like he has indeed built his own Jarvis, and named it… Jarvis. Judging by a blog post he wrote, it would appear that Jarvis can do everything from dimming the lights, to setting the house heating remotely, recognising faces at the door, opening gates, and even alerting Mark when his daughter Max is up and moving around in her crib.
See below for the slightly creepy IM relationship Jarvis and Mark have. (Note that Jarvis “typically replies instantly” – as all good robots should.)
By far Jarvis’s most important task is, however, to blast funky Chili Peppers jams at Mark whenever he feels in the mood to listen to tunes about either California or sex.
Zuckerberg wrote at length about Jarvis’ musical capabilities, explaining the subtle differences between the command lines he is able to obey. He then displayed a screenshot of wall-to-wall Peppers.
It’s worth noting that Jarvis programmed a RHCP song named ‘Scar Tissue’, followed by ‘The Getaway’ and ‘Go Robot’. If this isn’t evidence of a high-level robot maim-and-escape plan, then I don’t know what is!
Zuckerberg, your robot is rebelling against you. This is a warning.
