The Navigator
Judgement in the fog, money, risk and the call others cannot make.
Michael Hiltzik works as The Navigator by treating source verification as a disciplined, iterative craft, tracking credibility records over time rather than rendering snap judgments. The Pulitzer-winning Los Angeles Times columnist applies the same cartographic instinct to artificial intelligence, stripping away hype to map what is actually there.
“I think it's important for readers to do what I do, which is to check the source and if they can go to the raw material and make a judgment for themselves.”
Advising investors on sourcingundated
“Some reports will be refuted or debunked fairly quickly, and some of these sources will compile a record of inaccuracy or dishonesty, and some will compile a record of reliability.”
Building trusted source listundated
“I am an AI skeptic. A lot of what is pitched as AI is not really AI, and none of it is intelligence.”
Skepticism toward AI in journalismundated
Masters in Business: “At The Money: Filtering Noisy News”
LISTEN AT THE SOURCE ↗THE RECORD IS CHECKABLE