# Ed Zitron on The No Agenda Show

Ed Zitron comes up in 3 chapters across 3 episodes of The No Agenda Show, from February 2025 to October 2026.

- **Chapters:** 3
- **Episodes:** 3
- **Discussed:** February 2025 – October 2026
- **Related topics:** [Adam Curry](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/adam-curry.md), [Ai](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/ai.md), [Anthropic](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/anthropic.md), [Bloomberg](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/bloomberg.md), [Chatgpt](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/chatgpt.md), [Elon Musk](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/elon-musk.md), [Goldman Sachs](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/goldman-sachs.md), [Podcast Index](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/podcast-index.md), [Roi](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/roi.md), [Rss](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/rss.md)

## Chapters 1–3 of 3

### Podcast Index Robot and Ad-Blocking AI Agents

- **Episode:** [1909: Immune Amnesia](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1909-immune-amnesia.md)
- **Published:** 2026-10-04
- **Time:** 18:43–24:08
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1909-immune-amnesia/chapter/podcast-index-robot-and-ad-blocking-ai-agents.md

The development of a new Model Context Protocol (MCP) server allows AI robots to interact directly with the Podcast Index data source. An experiment demonstrated that an AI agent could successfully retrieve a podcast episode and automatically strip out six minutes of dynamically inserted advertisements. This capability represents a significant disruption to the traditional podcast advertising model and "walled garden" platforms like Spotify.

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### Ed Zitron, Anthropic, and AI ROI Skepticism

- **Episode:** [1874: Kennel Index](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1874-kennel-index.md)
- **Published:** 2026-06-04
- **Time:** 1:24:07–1:26:01
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1874-kennel-index/chapter/ed-zitron-anthropic-and-ai-roi-skepticism.md

Ed Zitron, an AI skeptic, appears on Bloomberg to argue that the current AI boom is a "semiconductor rally" without a successful underlying business model. He points out that companies like Uber are struggling to find a measurable return on investment (ROI) for their AI spending. Zitron claims that AI companies are manipulating profitability metrics and that businesses are only now realizing the true cost of "token rates."

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### Ed Zitron, Probabilistic AI Models and Software Booms

- **Episode:** [1735: Old Bag](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1735-old-bag.md)
- **Published:** 2025-02-02
- **Time:** 2:40:50–2:43:04
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1735-old-bag/chapter/ed-zitron-probabilistic-ai-models-and-software-booms.md

Tech critic Ed Zitron argues that current AI models are merely probabilistic "guessing" machines with no actual knowledge or consciousness. He compares the AI hype cycle to previous booms like smartphones and cloud computing, noting that the enterprise level has a very low tolerance for the mistakes these models frequently make.

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