alt Hacker NewsThis is the thing - I enjoy Zitron's work.
His criticism to AI has two angles.
The weak angle is on AI usability. I think he is wrong there; AI is clearly useful. Now, there is a discussion if it is multi-trillion dollar useful; I think it isn't, but it is useful nonetheless.
Now, there is a strong angle, which is the economic viability of AI, and the gargantuan amount of money being burned in what is a very risky bet. There, his arguments have proven so far rock solid.
The fact that you (as all his critics) chose to attack only the weak angle says something.
I don’t trust someone who is dumb enough to think LLMs aren’t useful at all.
Of course, he may just be deceiving himself or his audience about this belief. I don’t think he is actually dumb. But this alternative is equally problematic.