It's gonna be interesting to see how Ed Zitron's popularity will develop after that Wired article.

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It's gonna be interesting to see how Ed Zitron's popularity will develop after that Wired article.

Most people will probably be pissed off about him doing PR for AI companies but I think the more relevant part is that his analysis is kinda ... shallow? Like he fully lives in "the computer is the machine that generates social progress" camp. Which ... doesn't hold too much water.

Which doesn't mean that he's not doing some good work digging through the numbers of different companies etc. I just don't think he is the critic some people want him to be.