<![CDATA[You could be like Ed Zitron and question financial assumptions implied by the actions of big players in AI.]]>You could be like Ed Zitron and question financial assumptions implied by the actions of big players in AI.

You could be like Corey Doctorow and question the social, artistic, and human implications of the way the technology is being adopted and marketed.

Or like Eli Etherton (the computer guy) you might ask about the impact of the actions of these big players on security and professionalism in IT and Computer Science.

These people don't even all agree. Pick one pick them all.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/e7df456c-aaa9-48c5-aea9-8edc4d90ef24/you-could-be-like-ed-zitron-and-question-financial-assumptions-implied-by-the-actions-of-big-players-in-ai.RSS for NodeTue, 29 Sep 2026 04:17:55 GMTSun, 27 Sep 2026 15:04:00 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to You could be like Ed Zitron and question financial assumptions implied by the actions of big players in AI. on Sun, 27 Sep 2026 15:42:58 GMT]]>@futurebird I can see what it’s taking about but I don’t know what it means, either

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ioc.exchange/users/flyingsaceur/statuses/117343766345086801https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ioc.exchange/users/flyingsaceur/statuses/117343766345086801Sun, 27 Sep 2026 15:42:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You could be like Ed Zitron and question financial assumptions implied by the actions of big players in AI. on Sun, 27 Sep 2026 15:41:36 GMT]]>@futurebird Hell, you could be an expert in one of the customer industries and question the techniques used by sales and processes to accomplish the relevant tasks.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Epic_Null/statuses/117343760996971622https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Epic_Null/statuses/117343760996971622Sun, 27 Sep 2026 15:41:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You could be like Ed Zitron and question financial assumptions implied by the actions of big players in AI. on Sun, 27 Sep 2026 15:36:36 GMT]]>@flyingsaceur

I really do not pretend to understand that one. But maybe.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sauropods.win/users/futurebird/statuses/117343741316662647https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sauropods.win/users/futurebird/statuses/117343741316662647Sun, 27 Sep 2026 15:36:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You could be like Ed Zitron and question financial assumptions implied by the actions of big players in AI. on Sun, 27 Sep 2026 15:21:40 GMT]]>@futurebird This is so well articulated. Any time he's in his comfort zone, I'm worried.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mspsocial.net/users/bright_helpings/statuses/117343682588859090https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mspsocial.net/users/bright_helpings/statuses/117343682588859090Sun, 27 Sep 2026 15:21:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You could be like Ed Zitron and question financial assumptions implied by the actions of big players in AI. on Sun, 27 Sep 2026 15:15:57 GMT]]>@futurebird

I’ve always liked that phrase “flim flam man” I may have to start sportin that phrase again.

😃

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/Peace/statuses/117343660109537863https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/Peace/statuses/117343660109537863Sun, 27 Sep 2026 15:15:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You could be like Ed Zitron and question financial assumptions implied by the actions of big players in AI. on Sun, 27 Sep 2026 15:15:13 GMT]]>@futurebird

My step-dad learned the worst of the worst sales techniques in the 1950s. He was a bit of a con artist. Whatever it took to make a sale.

In watching him and his contemporaries, I discovered that salesmen are the worst for falling for a scam. He'd buy speakers from people selling them from unmarked vans at a gas station. He'd pick up labor saving devices at the state fair. The list went on and on.

In essence the same fawning techniques a conman uses on their mark are the same ones they're prone to fall for when used on them.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/ap/users/117031647195165392/statuses/117343657250573487https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/ap/users/117031647195165392/statuses/117343657250573487Sun, 27 Sep 2026 15:15:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You could be like Ed Zitron and question financial assumptions implied by the actions of big players in AI. on Sun, 27 Sep 2026 15:13:16 GMT]]>@futurebird I feel like this is exactly what the parable of the wicked steward is about, but almost two thousand years later the gospel readers aren’t ready to have that conversation

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ioc.exchange/users/flyingsaceur/statuses/117343649557333829https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ioc.exchange/users/flyingsaceur/statuses/117343649557333829Sun, 27 Sep 2026 15:13:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You could be like Ed Zitron and question financial assumptions implied by the actions of big players in AI. on Sun, 27 Sep 2026 15:09:42 GMT]]>The man has an instinct for scams and money loopholes, even if he can't explain how it works he looks at something like this and says "yes these are my kind of people doing my kind of thing."

That ought to be more alarming than anything else.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sauropods.win/users/futurebird/statuses/117343635552187804https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sauropods.win/users/futurebird/statuses/117343635552187804Sun, 27 Sep 2026 15:09:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You could be like Ed Zitron and question financial assumptions implied by the actions of big players in AI. on Sun, 27 Sep 2026 15:05:46 GMT]]>You could be like the US president, and being an old flim flam man who recognizes a film flam when you see one suggest renaming the whole project because what annoys you most about it is it's not really about you, at least not yet.

But, maybe don't do that one.

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