The Man Who Calls BS On AI: AI Is The World’s Greatest SCAM, And They All Know It! | Ed Zitron

I think generative AI is at its heart, con, and seeing these ultra-rich, ultra powerful people like them. And it turns my stomach. The word con is a strong word. Well, what do you call something where from the very beginning they've sold it in the terms of magic? But it's just a half-arsery machine. They are misleading the entire world. You are the first person that I've spoken to that has that opinion. Well, the fact that this is happening is insane, and the fact it's not a scandal is insane, and I've been in the tech industry for six. 16 years now, and I love technology. And I'm enthusiastic about it. But I don't like being misled. And this is the largest non consensual push of technology in history. So we're gonna play a game, Ed. I have the things that you consider to be myths about the AI industry. Let's play it. The AI industry is creating enormous economic growth. No, it's not. All of these companies run at horrifying loss. OpenAI lost$20.9 billion last year. None of these people could just say, yeah, we're on the path to making this profitable. Because they can't. Next one. AI will replace all human jobs. That just isn't happening and there's no economic data to support it. Next, the United States need to spend trillions to beat China in the AI race.

What's the race to do? For us to constantly piss our pants worrying about China? But people keep saying, what if these models fall into the wrong hands? They're already in the wrong hands. Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, Dario Amade. Mark Zuckerberg says, We'll continue to invest aggressively in infrastructure to meet the demand. God net as a monstrosity. Makes me think of Shrek with Lor Fardquad. Some of you may die. But that's a risk I'm willing to accept. If only these people gave a fuck about poverty or actual problems in the world versus are we buying enough GPUs? If this continues, what does the future look like? Fuck. Guys, I've got a favor to ask before this episode begins. The algorithm, if you follow a show, will deliver you the best episodes from that show very prominently in your feed. So when we have our best episodes on this show The most shared episodes, the most rated episodes. I would love you to know. And the simple way for you to know that is to hit that follow button. But also it's the simple

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