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For a long time IBM's AI strategy has been to do normal business, and claim it's AI-related in order to make themselves sound cooler. This is the same thing. A
by lacker 3y ago
For a long time IBM's AI strategy has been to do normal business, and claim it's AI-related in order to make themselves sound cooler.
This is the same thing. Any layoffs happening today don't really have anything to do with AI. The company just needs to do layoffs, and saying "we have layoffs because of AI" sounds better than "we have layoffs because revenues are worse than we expected".
- mdgrech23 3y agoHonestly IBM is joke.
- BSEdlMMldESB 3y agothey own redhat linux, hence they have enormous influence over systemd and the linux kernel, this all seems quite serious stuff to me
- scarby2 3y ago>"we have layoffs because revenues are worse than we expected" These days a lot of companies seem to be we have layoffs because everyone else is doing it and shareholders want short term gain.
- tivert 3y ago> These days a lot of companies seem to be we have layoffs because everyone else is doing it and shareholders want short term gain. This is why we need to pay CEOs so much: it's important to have a top-talent to ape the decisions that "everyone else" is making.
- irvingprime 3y ago+100 for the most effective use of sarcasm I've seen today!
- sammywater 3y agoSame thing at the company I recently worked at-- a maker of software for car dealerships & manufacturers. The product marketing mentions AI. I asked a staff data scientist (has been with company for several years) if AI is used in our products. "No." It's quite amazing how pervasive Fraud & pseudo-Fraud is in the American economy. Regulators seem to turn a blind eye to so much of it. A recent example I saw was Food adulteration, with things such as sawdust [0] [0] "31 Foods You're Eating That Contain Sawdust" https://www.prevention.com/food-nutrition/healthy-eating/a20457107/31-foods-that-contain-sawdust/ https://www.prevention.com/food-nutrition/healthy-eating/a20...
- verall 3y agoI don't think adding cellulose to processed food in order to prevent caking is food adulteration. It's clearly listed on the ingredients and is perfectly safe. I do think it's fun to point out in the ingredients list, sometimes it's a little unexpected, like on a bag of chips. "Mmm, sawdust" is kind of funny because it sounds bad but is completely harmless.
- fwungy 3y agoIBM is a consulting company that is trusted to build enterprise solutions. McKinsey and the like can't do what IBM can.
- idlephysicist 3y agoYeah them (and many others) just get Alan and Imelda to do the work.