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Who're they subcontracting for the Von Neumann probes?
I used Bob extensively at an IBM acquisition, it was absolutely dreadful. Bobcoins.
Does it write really clean code ala Uncle Bob?
The logo, the name... Horrible marketing/branding.
seems like they used claude for this
Should have called it Bob The Builder
The review that "IBM Bob isn't just another autocomplete tool" tells you everything you need to know about this product. lol.
Bobcoins. Intriguing.
Bob the Builder? Right age bracket I guess.
Thought this was going to be about Microsoft Bob.[0]
This is embarrassing. It would have been better to release nothing than this.
Hi Bob! Bob!
Oh Clippy
What do you call an agent with no arms and no legs in the ocean?
Clippy the Clip is it's uncle
Aww IBM wants to play too. I forgot they were still around.
Not to be confused with Microsoft Bob:
Announcement post from April: https://newsroom.ibm.com/2026-04-28-introducing-ibm-bob-ai-d...
Too late ?
Should have been IBM Tom, after legendary IBM CEO Thomas J. Watson. But perhaps they didn't want to sully his name.
Not to shit on their effort or anything, but it looks like a VS Code fork + an agent panel which is very ... late 2024 energy?
Bobalytics
their swag too tough
ibm desperately clinging to relevancy by hopping on the LLM bandwagon.
Has any product with an infantilized agent avatar like this ever turned out to be useful or succeed in gaining traction?
ibm bob, will help you make slop
Oh, so we are yet again in the 'Bob' phase?
Maybe this time it'll work.
The companies who are hoarding RAM to produce pointless products should be called out. Deprive working class from computing resources to sell some corporate crap. Get fucked.
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So it's just a vscode wrapper around a mystery open weights LLM I'm guessing?
> Can I choose which model Bob uses?
> No. Bob automatically selects the most appropriate language model for each task based on complexity, required capabilities, and cost-efficiency. This intelligent routing ensures you receive high-quality responses while optimizing resource usage.
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I never thought the day that IBM would make complete slop.
But it is IBM after all.
They got it wrong - they're showing code in the ad.