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How To Argue With An AI Booster

Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At · published 25 August 2025 · 69 min read

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First cited: 30 Jan 2025
Most recent: 1 Sept 2026
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“how to argue with an ai booster” 5 blogs
“august 2025” 1 blog
“ed zitron has compiled” 1 blog
“enthusiasts of generative artificial intelligence” 1 blog
“having such a hard time” 1 blog

Cited by 13 blogs in 13 posts

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Dan Luu1 post

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

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1 Sept 2026

Not the Solution1 post

The Logic of Venture Capital in Silicon Valley

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I can't help myself

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A bookmarks post that closes all the tabs

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Depreciation

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The AI Bubble and the U.S. Economy: How Long Do “Hallucinations” Last? By Servaas Storm

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7 Oct 2025

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Wheres the AI Beef?

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6 Sept 2025

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6 Sept 2025

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Remediating monopoly

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5 Sept 2025

Home – David Crespo1 post

Is the "cost of inference" going up or down?

linked as “having such a hard time”

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3 Sept 2025

Laura Hilliger1 post

[FBT] on Ownership and Opaqueness Read at the source

29 Aug 2025

Pluralistic1 post

Pluralistic: By all means, tread on those people (26 Aug 2025) Read at the source

26 Aug 2025

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