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Ed Zitron’s job is to convince people to pay him money to read what he writes, of course he’s going to preach to the choir, they’re paying him to do that and he
by quickthrowman 15d ago
Ed Zitron’s job is to convince people to pay him money to read what he writes, of course he’s going to preach to the choir, they’re paying him to do that and he knows it.
This is why I always consider the agenda of an author, Ed Zitron’s agenda is to make money from subscribers who read his writing.
- dgellow 15d agoThat’s level 0 analysis, you’re supposed to go to the next steps and not stop here…
- ai_critic 15d agoSometimes it really is sufficient to say "This person is a grifter and from that all else follows".
- dgellow 15d agoIt’s fine if you do not want to engage with the person‘s work, but source of revenue is just one component to evaluate if someone is grifting
- MarkusQ 15d agoFrom the article "A more common defense is to say, just in general, people attack Zitron because of Y (usually his style), but they never address his points." The article "engages with Zitron's work"; the post you responded to merely extended the discussion to speculate on why Zitron might be producing it. (btw, for the record, I'm an AI-hype skeptic and _also_ an AI-head-in-sand skeptic; as far as I can tell, both sides are full of malarkey.)
- devindotcom 15d agoand sometimes it isn't.
- enraged_camel 15d agoIn this case, it is. Zitron does not possess even the most basic knowledge about the issues and practices he complains about. For example: https://www.crisesnotes.com/sigh-no-ed-zitron-ai-bond-issuance-is-not-ais-subprime-mortgage-crisis/ https://www.crisesnotes.com/sigh-no-ed-zitron-ai-bond-issuan...