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On May 17, executives at Meta, the parent company of Facebook, believe that meta-universe can coexist with generative artificial intelligence and will bring "change" to pre-job training and vocational education, and Meta "can do both".

Meta is using meta-universe technology as a tool to help train employees in order to revive public interest in meta-universe. This shows that even when artificial intelligence is in the spotlight, Meta has not given up its vision of a meta-universe.

Nick Clegg (Nick Clegg), president of global affairs at Meta, spoke at the Future work Summit in Washington on Tuesday, saying augmented reality and virtual reality could play a "transformative" role in pre-job training and vocational education.

"I'm sure that when it comes to augmented reality and virtual reality, one of the most powerful applications is to significantly improve the level of learning new skills," Clegg said. " Clegg is referring to the application of meta-cosmic technology in skills industries, schools and care for the elderly.

Although enthusiasm for meta-universe is waning and recently Reality Lab, Meta's business unit that makes Quest headsets and Horizon Worlds virtual reality platforms, is laying off staff, Mr Clegg's rhetoric remains optimistic. "it will take about 10 to 15 years for the technology to be mature enough for users to afford and really popularize in society," Clegg said. "

Doug Donavon, chief executive of Interplay Learning, uses Meta's virtual reality headsets to train workers in industries such as plumbing, HVAC and electrical services. He says the technology helps the company develop a "boot camp" training that allows people to be ready for work in five to six weeks, rather than months as before. Although more and more employers in related industries promise to use virtual reality technology, there are still many obstacles to using this technology in practice. "people are not completely convinced," Donovan said at the event. "it's a hand-to-hand fight to convince them that this technology has potential."

At present, the generative artificial intelligence behind ChatGPT is hot all over the network, and these latest developments in the field of artificial intelligence have attracted the interest of the science and technology community and spawned new start-ups. Clegg says the changing publicity cycle helps companies achieve their goals in the meta-universe, rather than replacing them. "We can do both. It's not a trade-off." "the two completely complement each other," Clegg said. without generative artificial intelligence, people will not be able to enjoy the pleasures of the future meta-universe. " He says, for example, that the time it takes to build a virtual world can be shortened by simple verbal cues. The boom in artificial intelligence has also revived fears that their jobs may be replaced. For Meta, these concerns are also opportunities for the company to position meta-cosmic technology as a way to get more people to work, rather than replacing them, Clegg said.

This selling point has been supported by some members of the U.S. Congress. Last week, Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester, Democrat of Delaware, and Representative Tim Walberg, Republican of Michigan, introduced a bipartisan bill called the American Labor Immersion Technology Act (Immersive Technology for the American Workforce Act) to create a five-year funding plan for the U.S. Department of Labor. Support community schools and vocational education centres to deploy augmented reality and virtual reality technologies in the classroom.

In addition to unemployment, artificial intelligence also makes people worry about moral, legal and security problems. Even Sam Altman, founder of OpenAI, called on US senators on Tuesday for stricter regulation of artificial intelligence technology, warning that artificial intelligence is powerful enough to transform society in unpredictable ways.

Mr Clegg said Meta had had "a number of conversations" on how to regulate meta-universe and welcomed the establishment of a regulatory framework. "I think one thing we've all learned in the last 15 years is that it's not good to have a technology explosion and then retrospective legislation," Clegg said. " Artificial intelligence is clearly more urgent for regulators, he added. "the advantage of augmented reality and virtual reality technology is that we have time. We don't need to do this in a hurry."

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