Ed Zitron

I'm getting at that.

But the theoretical that I'm saying is that the idea of large language models as an API or a consumer product was what they were excited about because you can just extrapolate the various things.

But I must get back to it.

I think the media is responsible.

I 100% believe the media is responsible.

They are the ones that, at the Times, Ezra Klein, how much AGI bullshit has that guy shoveled?

How many Bernie Sanders going out there and talking to Claude?

I realize that's politics, but they put it on YouTube for a reason.

How many different outlets have talked about the jobpocalypse that does not exist or the sasspocalypse claiming that software companies are being sold off?

because of AI disruption that doesn't exist.

The media bought and sold this.

In 2023, there was a Guardian headline that said Sam Orton was a little bit scared.

It's just, without that, none of this was possible.

And perhaps they were just being a megaphone for real anxieties from these companies.

Or perhaps they were just looking for a narrative that would get clicks.

It's like Tim.

Tim Reed Gabriel isn't particularly sold on this, for example.

Yeah.

What are you up to, lads?

You don't have friends, do you?