Thread regarding IBM layoffs

AI is a Fad

As someone doing a CS degree now, I seem to be the only one who doesn't want to have anything on my resume to do with "AI", blockchain, ML, NFT, chatbots, etc... all I see is overhyped product after product, one-size-fits all solutions that frustrate customers and create problems for humans to clean up, hugely valued companies that have very little real improvement over conventional technology, etc.

An "AI chatbot" is far inferior to a real user interface. A real user interface allows discoverability (looking through menus to notice functions that may be useful later), experimentation, and puts the user in control of the program.
For example, my bank apparently only supports viewing the reason for card declines through the chatbot--something I never knew, because I took the time to go through the menus when I first got the app and learn what functions existed.

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AI is the bu-----t game that every sales guy need to play. Just slap some ML in this old product and voila, NEW! AI!
I mean, what are you going to do when your sales prospect ask "Do you have AI?" You have to answer 'Yes'

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Post ID: @1hua+1eWTNElW

IBM is a fad, thats for sure

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Post ID: @1vom+1eWTNElW

Someone is in for a rude awakening when they hit the real world

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Post ID: @1edq+1eWTNElW

'AI' is a marketing term. Kinda like calling pre-k children playing basketball as a NBA game.

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Post ID: @1dlt+1eWTNElW

AI is extremely difficult to do right. Most companies don't do it right, leading to many issues. IBM is no different.

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