IBM's CEO Roasted, Sizzled and Grilled for Dumb and Inconsistent Vapourware Promises
Earlier this year: IBM's CEO Has Become a Stochastic Buzzword-Generating Machine
I got a really good laugh this morning, seeing how IBM's CEO (some people spread rumours he'll "get retired" this year... yes, passive form) gets ridiculed again about "quantum" - the hype Microsoft too latches onto whenever distraction is urgent (like, if the media finds out Microsoft shuts down so-called "AI" datacentres).
From this very active thread: "I remember Arvind in 2020, shortly after becoming CEO, saying that IBM would have a commercially available quantum computer in 3-5 years. Now it's 2028. In 2028 it'll be definitely by 2033. Jensen Huang was right when he said quantum computers are 20-30 years away, if anything even that is aggressive."
Someone then said: "Honestly I believe we’ll know if IBM is telling the truth, or just spin mongering via looking at the quarterly licensing revenue. If IBM has solved the quantum errors with an error correction model, folks will be paying big bucks to license it."
9 hours ago: "I read on Yahoo Finance that IBM said 2029. In reading the article I was thinking the same, "Wait, I've heard this before, back 3-4 years ago. Lol" They hope no one remembers and thus, Hey, this is new! Not!!"
When I started university in 2000 they kept saying quantum computers were imminent and some revolution right around the corner. 25 years later... nothing. Remember blockchain?
From the original poster: "Hahaha Research and Alvind are desperate to show something. So they are good ar PR hype using smoke and mirrors. Now IBM has solved the quantum errors with an error correcting quantum cloud. Of course you need wait til 2028 hahaha... oh and by the way it means those errors exist today making their quantum hype useless. It was hidden before as usual IBM desperately is trying to get the share price up so Alvind and the Research executives pocket their bonuses. By 2028 a new CEO and executives will have to pay this hyper blank check after today's executives ran away with the money."
They have every right to ridicule him for it. It's not racist, unlike IBM itself. It looks like being a chronic liar is what it takes to lead the company once synonymous with computing. █