That’s Zitron for ya. To be fair to him, he’s kind of forced into this position: he’s now famous for championing a cause (AI is dumb and will never work and the scientists are lying) that is becoming increasingly untenable by the day.
I don't see him making that claim, though.
Screwdrivers aren't useless. Screwdrivers have gotten a lot better over the decades. Everyone uses screwdrivers these days. Investing $500 billion into screwdrivers and expecting the screwdriver industry to grow to a double-digit percentage of GDP is still a really stupid idea. Let's face it: Universal Screwdriver[0] isn't going to happen.
They never refute his claims with anything substantial. They just call you “anti ai” or whatever (despite the argument having nothing to do with the technology, just a subset of companies).