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Re:IBM to pause hiring in plan to replace 7,800 jobs with AI... by piyh on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @01:42PM (#35791371)
They're cutting edge on quantum computing, can't think of anything more computer science than that.
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Re:IBM to pause hiring in plan to replace 7,800 jobs with AI... by gitfan86 on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @01:51PM (#35791529)
So they say. Remember Watson? Whatever came of that? IBM is PR and overpriced IT outsourcing.
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Re:IBM to pause hiring in plan to replace 7,800 jobs with AI... by elorant on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @02:22PM (#35791993)
And what are the real life applications of quantum computing?
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Re:IBM to pause hiring in plan to replace 7,800 jobs with AI... by bawolff on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @03:12PM (#35792644)
There are quite significant applications related to simulating certain quantum processes.

However everyone is still pretty far off from that.

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