How accurate have Ed Zitron's AI skeptic predictions been?

Ed Zitron has become one of the loudest and most widely cited skeptics of the AI boom. But how well have his actual predictions held up? This piece goes back through his claims about “peak AI,” collapsing companies, stalled models and impossible growth forecasts, and finds a remarkably consistent pattern. * 00:00:00 - Introduction* 00:02:05 - 2024: Meta, Google, and Microsoft are dying* 00:11:36 - How do people cite Zitron?* 00:16:25 - People with attention to detail on Zitron* 00:18:39 - Some Zitron predictions* 00:29:46 - Comparing to respected Futurists* 00:36:31 - How long can you maintain an incorrect position for?* 00:42:59 - Some reactions to Zitron* 00:50:03 - How can people take this seriously?* 00:52:33 - Future predictions* 00:54:16 - Appendix: Ed Zitron on why people don’t like Ed Zitron* 00:59:38 - Appendix: why write this?* 01:06:33 - Appendix: errors in this posthttps://danluu.com/zitron/https://www.patreon.com/danluu Get full access to Askwho Casts AI at askwhocastsai.substack.com/subscribe