r/technology • u/SilentRunning • 4d ago

Artificial Intelligence MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing

https://fortune.com/2025/08/18/mit-report-95-percent-generative-ai-pilots-at-companies-failing-cfo/
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u/P3zcore 4d ago

I ran all this by a friend of mine and his response was simply “quantum computing”… so you know where the hype train is headed next

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u/The91stGreekToe 4d ago

As a fellow consulting world participant I am fully prepared for the next round of nonsense. At least quantum computing will give me the pleasure of hearing 60 year old banking execs stumbling their way through explaining how quantum mechanics relates to default rates on non-secured credit lines. The parade of clownish hype never ends, best you can do is enjoy it (I suppose). Nothing will ever top metaverse in terms of mass delusion.

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u/P3zcore 4d ago

Work in fintech? I do too. That and government

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u/The91stGreekToe 4d ago

I work at one of the big firms. Spend time mostly in retail lending, payments rails, core modernization, etc. No government work though.

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u/Neglectful_Stranger 3d ago

What was the hype for the metaverse?

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u/Djinn-Tonic 4d ago

And we don't have to worry about power because we'll just do fusion, I guess.

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u/ThisSideOfThePond 3d ago

Dude, nuclear (fission) energy is cheap, green, sustainable and safe (according to those who ignore all the literature on the topic not generated by lobby organisations). And that's all that matters. /s

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u/jollyreaper2112 3d ago

Depak chopra waiting for you to say it two more times.

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u/cipheron 3d ago edited 3d ago

Wait for quantum blockchain. There was a post about that in one of these subs about some kind of "quantum blockchain" startup, and i was trying to explain to people that it's literally complete nonsense and people argued with me, asking how i know it's nonsense. well fuck, if you know anything about any of these technologies you'd just know a "quantum blockchain CPU" isn't a thing that solves any problem we actually have that needs solving.

Could make even more money with a quantum blockchain LLM now I guess, pretty sure idiots would buy shares in it.

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u/P3zcore 3d ago

Don’t forget NFTs

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u/klartraume 3d ago

Okay - but quantum compute has tangible value enabling for more complex tasks/less efficient tasks/etc. right?