Thread regarding IBM layoffs

Laying off 9,000 American to buy a buzzword

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/07/ibm-acquires-consultancy-hakkoda-as-it-continues-its-ai-investment-push/

https://locusmag.com/2023/12/commentary-cory-doctorow-what-kind-of-bubble-is-ai/

https://medium.com/@alvarodmn39/baidus-ceo-believes-99-of-ai-companies-won-t-survive-after-the-bubble-bursts-595d7dc8bc6c

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Bill Gates selling his own bubble; automation is not "AI", they just rebrand everything to excuse bad economics

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Post ID: @r8+1jr8ah1ja

AI is going to take a majority of jobs over the next 10 years. Bill Gates said this. And IBM will be leading the way. Just not sure what the world is going to look like with 50 %+ unemployment.

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Post ID: @qr+1jr8ah1ja

IBM always uses buzzwords and get more & more into debt doing so which leads to more ra's and another company no one will remember after IBM changes it's work system

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Post ID: @nj+1jr8ah1ja
supercharging our consultants

and overcharging our clients

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Post ID: @ag+1jr8ah1ja

Buying some revenue and buzzword "quotient".

Well done, AK. MOAR. MOAR.

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Post ID: @a2+1jr8ah1ja

"IBM is at the leading edge of the consulting industry with how we're supercharging our consultants with AI," said Mohamad Ali

https://newsroom.ibm.com/2025-04-07-ibm-acquires-hakkoda-inc-,-expanding-data-expertise-to-fuel-clients-ai-transformations

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