--- title: "Mark Zuckerberg Shows Off Bizarre Video of Himself Leg Pressing Chicken Nuggets" description: "AI might be worsening carbon emissions, but at least we have this fake video of Mark Zuckerberg leg-pressing chicken nuggets, we guess." date: "2024-10-04" modified: "2024-10-04" authors: - name: "Maggie Harrison Dupré" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/mharrison" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/mark-zuckerberg-leg-pressing-chicken" categories: - "Artificial Intelligence" - "Meta" tags: - "ai" - "ai video" - "mark zuckerberg" - "the digest" --- # Mark Zuckerberg Shows Off Bizarre Video of Himself Leg Pressing Chicken Nuggets ![AI might be worsening carbon emissions, but at least we have this fake video of Mark Zuckerberg leg-pressing chicken nuggets, we guess.]() *\Image: Mark Zuckerberg via Instagram / Futurism\* ## Combo Meal Meta-formerly-Facebook [announced]() a new suite of AI-powered video-creating and editing tools today, collectively called "Meta Movie Gen." Longtime CEO Mark Zuckerberg showed off the new AI offering in his [favorite way]() to [promote anything](): by showing off his love for fitness — albeit with some very strange, very AI twists. In [a bizarre Instagram video](), Zuck can be seen doing [leg presses]() in a series of increasingly strange AI-generated settings. In the first scene, he's pictured using the machine in a neon-lit gym; in the next, he's dressed like Caeser and pictured against a distinctly ancient Roman backdrop. At one point he's pressing dripping racks of gold. Then, in perhaps the strange scene of all, Zuck is suddenly pictured leg-pressing a large bucket of chicken nuggets whilst surrounded by a sea of french fries. "Every day is leg day with Meta's new MovieGen AI model that can create and edit videos," Zuck captioned the video. "Coming to Instagram next year." Sure! Why not. Generative AI might be guzzling energy and [drastically worsening carbon emissions]() in the process, but we get... a fake billionaire nugget press. Will somebody please make it make sense? ![]() ## Mixed Reactions The top comments on the video were overwhelmingly positive. "Whoa!" wrote one impressed Instagram user. "That's exciting!!" But other Instagram users were more skeptical. "Second richest man in the world spending his \[research & development\] money on this," commented one user, seemingly incredulous of Meta's resource allocation. "How many artists did you steal from to train your AI?" asked another netizen. A fair question, given that [Zuck recently drew criticism for declaring that]() "individual creators or publishers tend to overestimate the value of their specific content." ## Looking Ahead In [a press release](), Meta characterized Movie Gen as an "advanced and immersive storytelling suite of models" with "four capabilities: video generation, personalized video generation, precise video editing, and audio generation." But the chicken nugget promo aside, there's no set release date for the tool. "We aren't ready to release this as a product anytime soon," Meta's chief product officer Chris Cox [wrote in a Threads post](), "but we wanted to share where we are since the results are getting quite impressive." Or, alternatively, Meta wants its shareholders to know that a competitor to [OpenAI's Sora model]() is in the works — and that Zuck can leg press copious amounts of chicken nuggets. **More on Mark Zuckerberg:** [*Zuckerberg Says It's Fine to Train AI on Your Data Because It Probably Has No Value Anyway*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've reported extensively on the rise of AI as a cultural and business force shaping the media industry, and more broadly how those dynamics are changing how we all consume and share information and relate to one another. I'm also fascinated by public health policy and ethics, the role of emerging tech in politics and governance — and the powerful people and forces at those intersections — climate change, and the environment. My investigation on Sports Illustrated's use of AI-generated authors with fictional biographies won a 2024 Mirror Award for "Best Story on Media Coverage of Artificial Intelligence in Journalism and the Media" from Syracuse University's SI Newhouse School, I contributed to Niemen Lab's 2025 Predictions for Journalism series, and I've discussed my work for Futurism during appearances on NPR, CNN, the BBC, the CBC, and more. I grew up in rural Pennsylvania and attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where I played Division I field hockey for the Minutewomen as a midfielder. Since then, I've lived in New Orleans, Louisiana and Manhattan, New York. I spend my free time running, reading, perusing archival fashion, and searching for the world’s best negroni. I also have a debonair tuxedo cat, Westley, who's named after "The Princess Bride." ### Author social links [Bluesky]()