Ed Zitron is a grifter. Period. I highly doubt he believes any of the stuff he writes himself. He plays a role in society which is the role that tells people AI is going to fail so those who don't participate in or benefit from AI feel better. They sign up to his subscriptions and pay him money to confirm their own bias.

If you look at the sub reddit r/betteroffline where these people gather and worship Zitron, most people there are economically motivated. Most of them want AI to collapse so they can invest in stocks when it's cheap or they hope AI doesn't take their jobs.