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Re:How accurate have Ed Zitron's AI skeptic predictions been? on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @06:54AM (#49534489)
And they hate the Internet more than Gen-X.
Re:How accurate have Ed Zitron's AI skeptic predictions been? on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @06:49AM (#49534462)
Catchy and ironic phrasing of "the financial fraudsters ruining Bear Stearns".

It seems unambiguous in this context.

Re:How accurate have Ed Zitron's AI skeptic predictions been? on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @06:09AM (#49534186)
Bear Stearns was the first bank to collapse in the 2007-2008 subprime mortgage crisis, also known as the housing bubble.

That bubble was also manufactured by reckless financial engineers.

And those who warned early were ridiculed:

https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/who-is-nouri...

"When he spoke of an impending housing crash at the International Monetary Fund that year, the audience chuckled, the New York Times reported."

'"He sounded like a madman in 2006," IMF economist Prakash Loungani told the Times, after inviting Roubini to the IMF conference that year. "He was a prophet when he returned in 2007."'