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dun44 ◴[] No.38508793[source]
Regarding IBM's use of technology widely known for hallucinating to translate sensitive source code: it sounds weird you think the primary objective here is to deliver something that properly translates from one language to another. But it is not - the primary objective is to get money from customers and investors. Delivering something that works is secondary, and honestly, optional.

Many things in IT start making a whole lot more sense once you reexamine your beliefs about their purpose.

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datadrivenangel ◴[] No.38508983[source]
Especially for IBM! See IBM Watson for details.
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1. ProjectArcturis ◴[] No.38509185[source]
I guess translating COBOL is somewhat less embarrassing than Watson being used to predict fantasy football scores.