https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/7xd779/mark-zuckerberg-says-facebook-will-have-ai-to-detect-hate-speech-in-5-10-years-congress-hearing

We hear so often that artificial intelligence is soon—very soon—going to be driving our cars or doing our lawyering that a reality check is sometimes needed. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg let a doozy slip during his testimony on Tuesday in front of a joint Congressional committee that focused on the social network’s data policies.

According to Zuckerberg, Facebook will have effective machine learning tools to automatically detect hate speech in “five to 10 years.” This is unfortunate, because given the circumstances, it’s not entirely clear if Facebook or, frankly, the entire United States will even still exist by then. (For what it’s worth, saying tech is perpetually “five to 10 years” out is a classic Silicon Valley hedge, and two years ago, Zuckerberg said AI could be outperforming humans “in the next five to 10 years.”)