FWIW I do think “don’t trust this guy” is warranted; I don’t know that he’s malicious, but I think he’s just exceptionally incompetent relative to the average tech reporter you’re likely to see stories from.
Like, in 2018 Metz wrote a full-length article on smarter-than-human AI that included the following frankly incredible sentence:
During a recent Tesla earnings call, Mr. Musk, who has struggled with questions about his company’s financial losses and concerns about the quality of its vehicles, chastised the news media for not focusing on the deaths that autonomous technology could prevent — a remarkable stance from someone who has repeatedly warned the world that A.I. is a danger to humanity.
FWIW I do think “don’t trust this guy” is warranted; I don’t know that he’s malicious, but I think he’s just exceptionally incompetent relative to the average tech reporter you’re likely to see stories from.
Like, in 2018 Metz wrote a full-length article on smarter-than-human AI that included the following frankly incredible sentence: