How did Baidu AI become so rotten?

Baidu established IDL back in 2013.
At that time, OpenAI didn't even have a shadow.
Lu Qi worked 20 hours a day cutting O2O.
The sales power brokers only focused on bidding rankings to maintain financial reports.
Professional managers poured heavy funds into PPTs to grab market share.
Underlying R&D relied on hardcoding to meet milestones.
I've seen too many of these giants who keep secrets and don't disclose bad news.
The boss shouts "All in," while everyone below is scheming.
Turning revolutionary technology into risk-free promotion capital.
Patchwork with a few added manual rules.
As long as the demo doesn't crash on inspection day, it's considered acceptable.
If the project fails, it doesn't matter.
Anyway, the resume gets gilded, and it's a perfect excuse to jump to the next company as VP.
Real technological breakthroughs only belong to madmen who believe in first principles.
They never belong to this bureaucratic system that fakes progress just to meet targets.
What’s the most outrageous fake progress you've ever experienced?