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I think the true thing is that IBM has ceased to be a leader in Computer Science. They used to be! But they gave that up long ago, and have resorted to various publicity stunts (e.g., remember Jeopardy?). But sure, they may be a leader in materials and semiconductors (though honestly I have no idea, that's not my space).

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People mock them for that Jeopardy thing, but that would have been the perfect first move to offering something like Watson as a service.

They could have built it over time to offer real assistance to knowledge workers with a real revenue stream.

But that would have required vision and foresight.

That's exactly what it was for, but it was basically a fraud:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/16/technology/what-happened-...

The problem is that "Watson" wasn't a real thing, it was just a name they gave to any solution they were trying to sell.

They did and it failed miserably.

They're cutting edge on quantum computing, can't think of anything more computer science than that.

So they say. Remember Watson? Whatever came of that? IBM is PR and overpriced IT outsourcing.

And what are the real life applications of quantum computing?

There are quite significant applications related to simulating certain quantum processes.

However everyone is still pretty far off from that.

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