Comment by collinmcnulty
6 hours ago
Can we please stop giving weight to CEOs talking their book? Like of course IBM wants you to think this, it would be great for them if it’s true. And maybe it is true! But IBM’s CEO saying it’s true tells me just as much as if a frontier lab said it’s not: nothing.
"CEO Said A Thing!" Journalism
https://karlbode.com/ceo-said-a-thing-journalism/
Great term. Plus the related "Politician Said a Thing!" journalism
thank you, I was trying to re-find this the other day
But you know - it would be funny if somehow Open Weights are the thing that completely save IBM
Linux already served as a life-preserver for them also.
It was a brilliant move at the time for IBM, and has helped them shift their business more into providing services and support.
I imagine they are panicking a little with LLMs reducing the reliance on external companies for software support, so they are really hoping to shift it to on-prem AI, which is where the bias in his statement comes from.
It’s a conversation point off which a discussion can be had
the only credible "conversation" is "well he would say that, wouldn't he?"
"we are delighted..." said a spokesman