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cojoel

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5. There will have to be some kind of economic blowback

Reply to usonian (Original post)

Fri Feb 13, 2026, 09:38 PM

Feb 13

Companies have spent billions of dollars building up infrastructure on hyped promises that are proving for more difficult to deliver than what was promised. And some of these high-flying dorks are going to crash.

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IBM is tripling the number of Gen Z entry-level jobs after finding the limits of AI adoption [View all] usonian Feb 13 OP

AI is garbage Prairie Gates Feb 13 #1

As someone who works in software development, you should be scared. Amishman Feb 14 #8

I think AI will increase the need for highly skilled tech workers Johnny2X2X Feb 14 #12

AI can't be used to create anything the developer using it couldn't do themselves. Shermann Feb 13 #2

IMO,, all AI is cursed in some way or form. sakabatou Feb 13 #3

Would be nice if "$240 billion " IBM could give its retirees a little cost-of-living pension adjustment. I've been sinkingfeeling Feb 13 #4

There will have to be some kind of economic blowback cojoel Feb 13 #5

The dot com crash didn't spell the end of ecommerce and the internet Amishman Feb 14 #9

Happy Valentine's Day usonian jfz9580m Feb 14 #6

How kind of you! Thanks. usonian Feb 14 #10

I didn't even know IBM still existed maxrandb Feb 14 #7

My kid is a Senior Manager Sales Operations for a multinational cybersecurity's software tech firm. He is on a Raftergirl Feb 14 #11