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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 2mo 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 2mo agoThat’s level 0 analysis, you’re supposed to go to the next steps and not stop here…
- ai_critic 2mo agoSometimes it really is sufficient to say "This person is a grifter and from that all else follows".
- dgellow 2mo 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 2mo 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 2mo agoand sometimes it isn't.
- enraged_camel 2mo 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...