How Solid Is Ed Zitron’s ‘Case Against Generative AI’?

For the AI industry, “I see no future for it beyond a fiery apocalypse.”

That’s tech critic Ed Zitron, lavishing skepticism on what he sees as a spending bubble. His fiery 18,000-word “The Case Against Generative AI,” published in his newsletter Sept. 29, also raises some more specific concerns about how generative AI (GenAI) is funded — and how much it’s costing to deliver.

But not everyone agrees with Zitron’s analysis.

Zitron is the founder/CEO of the media relations company EZPR. He introduced his essay by calling it…