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What is the right way to deal with Ed Zitron articles because he’s historically extremely inaccurate and makes wild claims. People ignore all his horrendous ta
by simianwords 4mo ago
What is the right way to deal with Ed Zitron articles because he’s historically extremely inaccurate and makes wild claims.
People ignore all his horrendous takes from last year and still eat this years “analyses” like it’s Gods words.
He has been predicting the doom for years and years now and it is strange to see HN still putting credence here.
This is what he said around a week back
“ One of my sources has come forward and brought me a story that will possibly burst the AI bubble. The reason they brought this to me is that I’ve shown — and will continue to show — that I actually give a shit about this industry and the people in it.
If you’re wondering what the story is, know that it’s the information I’ve wanted for years, delivered as I have always wanted it, and I will treat it with the reverence it deserves. Imagine what the worst possible thing for me to get would be and you’re probably close.
I expect it to be out in the next two weeks, and you’ll know exactly when it runs. There’ll be a podcast and a newsletter, and very likely follow-on coverage elsewhere.
I can guarantee you it’ll be worth it, and you’ll be stunned by what I report.”
This is qanon tier stuff. He’s been pulling this shtick for a while and people still haven’t caught on.
- besterman23 4mo agoYeah if this is his “information he wanted for years” it’s pretty abysmal in terms of crashing the “ai bubble”.
- saberience 4mo agoYeah he has zero credentials and authority and an agenda to push. Not to mention most of his articles are financially and technically illiterate and full of mistakes and inaccuracies. No idea why his shit keeps getting submitted.
- simianwords 4mo agoI think there's some fundamental thing in his writing that speaks to people -- they want AI to fail and they want a prophet to give them reasons to think so.
- dogleash 4mo agoIt's simpler than that, some people just like sardonic writing. I don't know if I believe Ed any more than some AI cheerleader. But his writing is proper relaxing compared to hype rants that I wouldn't blame someone for suspecting to be coke-fueled.
- dgellow 4mo agoGenuine question, do you have examples of inaccuracies and mistakes? If you ignore his caustic tone and predictions what I’ve seen reported by Ed Zitron has been accurate.
- jgalt212 4mo agoI concur. His tone greatly undermines the value of the facts he reports. Sometimes / oftentimes his analysis is off the mark, but I have not found him to be reporting falsehoods or inaccuracies.
- simianwords 4mo agoIt’s very very easy to find inaccuracies. In fact it’s hard to find any prediction he got right. Here’s a compilation of things he got wrong. It’s not small things btw https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48447549 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48447549
- jgalt212 4mo agoI don't think reasoning and agentic is an improvement over what came before. It's like going back to batch processing once you've had access to an interactive terminal.
- simianwords 4mo ago> I don't think reasoning and agentic is an improvement over what came before. Respectfully, it shows that you haven't been using agentic models or reasoning models. I would advice you to go and use them and make an opinion afterwards. If you have come to this conclusion after extensively using these models then I don't know what to say. I guess you are the audience for Ed Zitron.
- jgalt212 4mo agoSo the Ed Zitron audience like the REPL and the hypesters like the compiler?
- NoGravitas 4mo agoEd Zitron is always prematurely correct, which is the worst kind of inaccurate (apparently).
- lbrito 4mo agoI don't think people ignore anything. Every single Ed Zitron post on HN has dozens of top-level comment exactly like yours, "No no no don't listen to Ed, he's a hack and AI is great".