Interview reveals Ed Zitron does not understand how AI works at any level
Alexander McCoy@AlexanderMcCoy4The most recent post by @davidsirota interviewing Ed Zitron and Matt Stoller is extremely disappointing because it’s riddled with extremely basic misunderstandings about how AI works, mechanically.
- ▪Alexander McCoy@AlexanderMcCoy4The most recent post by @davidsirota interviewing Ed Zitron and Matt Stoller is extremely disappointing because it’s riddled with extremely basic misunderstandings about how AI works, mechanically.
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| Original publisher | X (formerly Twitter) |
| Canonical URL | https://twitter.com/AlexanderMcCoy4/status/2100744088169447816 |
| Publication time | Sun, 20 Sep 2026 19:53:03 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-09-20T19:53:46.862Z |
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Alexander McCoy@AlexanderMcCoy4The most recent post by @davidsirota interviewing Ed Zitron and Matt Stoller is extremely disappointing because it’s riddled with extremely basic misunderstandings about how AI works, mechanically. Like this is just an objectively wrong description of the Hugging Face incident.12:29 AM · Sep 18, 2026 (function (id, args) { var element = document.getElementById(id); if (!element) return; element.textContent = (function formatFullTimestamp({ timestamp, lang, timeZone }) { const date = new Date(timestamp); return `${date.toLocaleTimeString(lang, { hour: "numeric", minute: "2-digit", timeZone })} · ${date.toLocaleDateString(lang, { month: "short", day: "numeric", year: "numeric", timeZone })}`; })(args); })("_R_2umelipip8j6_",…
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