BUZZING· 80%19m·2026-05-27·TechnologyThe AI Industry Is Losing
In this week's Better Offline, Ed Zitron runs you through how Uber’s COO said the quiet part out loud - that AI’s outputs and efficacy do not match up with its ruinous costs - and how despite its bluster, the AI industry’s grift is failing. Free newsletter tie-in:…
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“AI is not only "not consensual" because it was imposed upon us. It also is because it basically r*ped all the data we ever posted online, without our consent, in order to train itself. Ever posted photos on Facebook? A drawing on Deviantart…”
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“This AI generated code is like asbestos, it is being put into everything and will eventually have to be removed.”
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