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AI Is Really Weird

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Soundtrack — Soundgarden — Blow Up The Outside World A lot of people try to rationalize the AI bubble by digging up

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The Subprime AI Crisis Is Here

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The AI Industry Is Lying To You

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The Beginning Of History

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We have a global intelligence crisis, in that a lot of people are being really fucking stupid. As I discussed

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The Enshittifinancial Crisis

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NVIDIA Isn't Enron - So What Is It?

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Big Tech Needs $2 Trillion In AI Revenue By 2030 or They Wasted Their Capex

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Edward Zitron Oct 31, 2025 39 min read

The Case Against Generative AI

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Is There Any Real Money In Renting Out AI GPUs?

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Edward Zitron Sep 19, 2025 26 min read

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Oracle and OpenAI Are Full Of Crap

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Why Everybody Is Losing Money On AI

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How To Argue With An AI Booster

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Anthropic and OpenAI Have Begun The Subprime AI Crisis

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Edward Zitron Jul 7, 2025 37 min read