Jefferies gives IBM Watson a Wall Street reality check (techcrunch.com)
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aresant Jun 25, 2018 | on: Layoffs at Watson Health Reveal IBM’s Problem with AI | context

A little case history - there were two illuminating threads ~10 months back where several current & former IBM employees commented on the growing disconnect between the reality vs. marketing of Watson - looks like vindicated by today's news:

(1) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14979642

(2) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14766793

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