Ed Zitron Just Disproved the Core Claim Behind His AI Bubble Case

Meet Ed Zitron, AI’s original prophet of doom - Fast Company

Zitron has built a small media empire on spleen-venting rants arguing that AI is not only a bubble but a fraud—one that’s headed for a spectacular crash. What if he’s right?

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

The AI bubble isn’t new — Karl Marx explained the mechanisms behind it nearly 150 years ago

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s warning of an AI bubble highlights a deeper economic problem: capitalism is producing more capital than it can profitably invest.

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By far the shrewdest and most entertaining analyst of the AI bubble is Georg Zoeller, ex Facebook. Re-reading his DeepSeek reaction piece from 18 months, which holds up well. It was all so predictable: banning open source, the Red Menace, pivot to military. What has really… pic.twitter.com/38dX7vcrkC— Andrew Orlowski (@AndrewOrlowski) July 5, 2026

The Arguments Against Open Source AI are Very Bad | Tom Bedor's Blog

The release of Kimi K3 has opened a fresh round of angst and confused discourse. There's a loud cohort of journalists, business leaders, and politicians arguing that open source AI is a dangerous threat. OpenAI's Dean Ball:

OpenAI’s Hacking Debacle Comes Down to Human Error

If the generative AI giant had followed well-known security best practices, it’s likely that its AI agent would never have escaped to the open internet and hacked multiple companies.

OpenAI can’t tell if something was written by AI after all

OpenAI’s tool struggled with accuracy.

The Pentagon’s bombshell deal with OpenAI, explained

Only Congress can put meaningful limits on government abuse of AI.

AI skeptic Ed Zitron says Industry is scamming us into poverty

Ed Zitron joins The 1600 to bust the myths and fairy tales coming from our AI overlords.

OpenAI Rewrites Contract, Anthropic Returns to Negotiate—The Chaos Continues

In less than a week, the Pentagon blacklisted an AI company for having ethics, declared it a supply chain risk, watched its preferred replacement face a massive user revolt, and then sat down to am…

OpenAI to release open-source model as AI economics force strategic shift

OpenAI plans to release its first open-weight AI model since 2019 as economic pressures mount from competitors like DeepSeek and Meta, marking a significant strategic reversal for the company behind ChatGPT.

“The problem is Sam Altman”: OpenAI insiders don’t trust CEO

OpenAI brainstorms ways AI can benefit humanity in effort to counter bad vibes.