What do Arianna Huffington, Stephen Hawking and Arnold Schwarznegger have in common? They all joined in Facebook’s latest Q&A with Mark Zuckerberg.
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On Tuesday Mr Zuckerberg participated in an hour-long Q&A, answering questions ranging from the three things he’d take with him to a desert island to the future of technology.

Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking asked the social network founder which big scientific question he’d like answered.

The Huffington Post’s Ariana Huffington was interested in how news organisations would present their stories online in the future.

“I think there will be a couple of trends toward richness and speed/frequency,” Mr Zuckerberg said.

“We’re seeing more and more rich content online. Instead of just text and photos, we’re now seeing more and more videos. This will continue into the future and we’ll see more immersive content like VR.”

Mr Zuckerberg also said there would be a place for news organisations specialising in delivering news faster and more frequently “in pieces”, rather than the current “thoroughly vetted” model.

Former professional bodybuilder, turned Hollywood heavyweight, turned politician, Arnold Schwarznegger asked about Mr Zuckerberg’s exercise regime.

Other participants in the Q&A asked Mr Zuckerberg about the future of Facebook and social media.

Facebook user Ben Romberg asked about Mr Zuckerberg for more information about the artificial intelligence initiatives Facebook is involved in.

“Most of our AI research is focused on understanding the meaning of what people share,” Mr Zuckerberg said.

“if you take a photo that has a friend in it, then we should make sure that friend sees it. If you take a photo of a dog or write a post about politics, we should understand that so we can show that post and help you connect to people who like dogs and politics.

“In order to do this really well, our goal is to build AI systems that are better than humans at our primary senses: vision, listening, etc.”

Mr Zuckerberg said Facebook was building systems which recognised everything in an image or video, including objects and scenes and could translate text between any languages.

Mr Zuckerberg was also quizzed on where he thought technology would be in the next 10 years.

His lengthy response focused on the use of artificial intelligence, virtual reality and spreading internet across the world.

“In the future we’ll probably still carry phones in our pockets, but I think we’ll also have glasses on our faces that can help us out throughout the day and give us the ability to share our experiences with those we love in completely immersive and new ways that aren’t possible today,” he said.