Meta supremo Mark Zuckerberg has done a lot to change his image from the robotic nerd to that of a more relatable (ridiculously wealthy) cool dude, but when he starts talking freely about the AI-led future, the mask quickly slips back off.

Despite the casual curls, more fashionable clothes, gold chains, hydrofoiling and mixed martial arts video clips, he is still the same guy who changed the name of his multi-billion dollar company on the misguided belief that (like him) everyone would want to be living in the metaverse by now.