This seems somewhat mean-spirited and light on the sort of facts that would justify the tone. It’s also bizarre to read this as the markets begin to plummet as investors begin to realize there’s no there there.
Whatever you feel about the tech, the economics are stupid right now and seemingly entering at least correction territory.
Ed will get his 15 minutes of fame when the market finally corrects. But he'll still be completely wrong. It's hilarious how outdated his views on AI are. He literally doesn't know what people are using it for. He seems to have no clue that 50% of radiology and medical imaging labs in the US now heavily utilize AI. 40% of dental practices in the US are currently utilizing AI. Programming went the complete paradigm shift at least 18 months ago, and this buffoon still thinks it's vibe coding.
Models being capable is orthogonal to trillions of capital being incinerated.
Nasdaq 100 is down over $2.7T over the last month, so far. Still further to go. There are simply not enough earnings materializing to support the capital that has been invested.
OpenAI has cut its funding target by $10B due to lack of enthusiasm by investors. Certainly, if you think AI is going to capture trillions of dollars of value, I encourage you to try to catch the falling knife.
Gartner Survey Finds Only 13% of CIOs Say Their Enterprise Has Realized Significant or Transformational Value from AI - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50207881 - October 2026
Credit swaps and the bond market are more accurately pricing the future imho.
What do we call that period where there were massive industrial productivity gains?
It was the industrial something, oh wait! Industrial Revolution!
And a bad day on the stock market isn’t money disappearing from the economy, it’s money moving, it’s not destroyed, it moves. It can move back on Monday, and has repeatedly.
No significant productivity gains have been proven, and nowhere near enough revenue. Rely on faith if you will, markets demand proof and evidence. Will it materialize? Maybe, maybe not.
Like full self driving, “three months maybe, six months definitely.” Which was, what, a decade ago?
You think radiologists are using Claude? That's the type of ignoraant question Ed Zitron would ask. Have you seen - truly seen - how radiologists and dentists are using AI?
>"All right, well, Ed knows what that means." Does he, Mr. Ludic?
I've never listened to the Zitron's podcast. But does he present himself as a financial expert? I've heard so many people that seem to think he is a financial wiz and use him to inform investment decisions.
I haven't checked, but he says himself that his background is in marketing. And no, he's not saying he's a financial or technology expert.
He does say that he talks to lots of people close to the matters, asks questions and gets curious when things don't add up. If that's true, which it seems to be from what I can check him on, I'll continue to listen to him. Though I wouldn't start any on-street protests on his word.
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[ 0.25 ms ] story [ 29.2 ms ] threadWhatever you feel about the tech, the economics are stupid right now and seemingly entering at least correction territory.
Nasdaq 100 is down over $2.7T over the last month, so far. Still further to go. There are simply not enough earnings materializing to support the capital that has been invested.
OpenAI has cut its funding target by $10B due to lack of enthusiasm by investors. Certainly, if you think AI is going to capture trillions of dollars of value, I encourage you to try to catch the falling knife.
Al Enthusiasm Is Collapsing and Tech Earnings Just Made It Worse - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-31/ai-enthus... - October 31st, 2026
Tech Selloff Burns Al Dip-Buyers as Sector Slides for Third Week - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-30/ai-dip-bu... - October 30th, 2026
Gartner Survey Finds Only 13% of CIOs Say Their Enterprise Has Realized Significant or Transformational Value from AI - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50207881 - October 2026
Credit swaps and the bond market are more accurately pricing the future imho.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50303881
It was the industrial something, oh wait! Industrial Revolution!
And a bad day on the stock market isn’t money disappearing from the economy, it’s money moving, it’s not destroyed, it moves. It can move back on Monday, and has repeatedly.
Like full self driving, “three months maybe, six months definitely.” Which was, what, a decade ago?
Couldn’t a company incinerate funds and their stock bottom out because no one will buy?
I've never listened to the Zitron's podcast. But does he present himself as a financial expert? I've heard so many people that seem to think he is a financial wiz and use him to inform investment decisions.
He does say that he talks to lots of people close to the matters, asks questions and gets curious when things don't add up. If that's true, which it seems to be from what I can check him on, I'll continue to listen to him. Though I wouldn't start any on-street protests on his word.
If anything has the chops to prove both Zitron AND the Soviets right, it's AI.