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9. Thanks so much for this.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri May 16, 2025, 11:46 AM

May 2025

I liked this guy so much I subscribed to his newsletter. He is a brutal critic of the tech world, which is such a wonderful contrast to the fawning crap we usually get. He's well-researched and insightful.

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Ed Zitron: There Is No AI Revolution (DAMNING analysis of a house of cards built by con men & venture capitalists) [View all] highplainsdem Feb 2025 OP

Dot com bubble redux, on steroids Strelnikov_ Feb 2025 #1

Yes. So much money wasted. highplainsdem Feb 2025 #6

Always looking for the next big thing clevergrrrl Feb 2025 #2

Indeed. 2naSalit Feb 2025 #3

Thanks Big Blue Marble Feb 2025 #4

The same group that sold us the crypto boom are selling us the AI boom. Initech Feb 2025 #5

Altman is a con artist like Musk. dalton99a Feb 2025 #7

Everytime somebody tells me AI writing is soooo good I feel like I'm talking to a fool Prairie Gates Feb 2025 #8

Thanks so much for this. Arrgh May 2025 #9

You're very welcome! I'm a big fan of his, too. highplainsdem May 2025 #10

Maybe the plan is to build up Crypto, markets, equities to a collossal bubble bucolic_frolic Jul 2025 #11

I agree with Ed Zitron that generative AI is a con job fueled by hype. The genAI industry deserves to fail, highplainsdem Jul 2025 #12