IBM CEO says there is 'no way' spending trillions on AI data centers will pay off at today's infrastructure costs
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IBM CEO Arvind Krishna walked through some napkin math on Big Tech's AI data center spending — and raised some doubts on if it'll prove profitable.
  • Phil Dowson@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 day ago

    I certainly don’t want spending on AI data centers to pay off, but something about IBM CEO quotes got me thinking

    “I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.” Thomas Watson, president of IBM, 1943

    • Ava@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      15 hours ago

      I’ve seen this quote several times, and almost always accompanied by notes that there’s not really any evidence he said this.

      Also… In 1943 he was probably right, for the kinds of computers he’d have been talking about.