Oops… Sent from Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> ________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of Bob Bridges <00000587168ababf-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2024 11:12:06 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> Subject: Re: [Very much off-topic] Re: AI is the real deal.
Speaking of old predictions: /* By 2005 or so, it will be clear that the Internet's impact on the economy has been no greater than the fax machine's. -Paul Krugman, Nobel-prize-winning economist in 1998 */ --- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2024 16:58 Sorry, the date has been truncated on the left. That should be 11994. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Allan Staller Sent: 22 February 2024 19:42 The last mainframe will be turned off in 1994 - Gartner Group -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Seymour J Metz Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2024 11:11 AM A 5-year prediction is generally safe, because in 5 years people will have forgotten the predictions. Who remembers the failed 5-year predictions for, e.g., controlled fusion, human level machine translation? I expect it to eventually happen, but as for when, Hypotheses non fingo <https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FHypotheses_non_fingo&data=05%7C02%7Cfred.van.der.windt%40ING.COM%7Cab0be5de8e514fd3c66308dc33f359df%7C587b6ea13db94fe1a9d785d4c64ce5cc%7C0%7C0%7C638442367492217320%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=jyJaoCGWdaIPPS1n594s5UO%2BzbNFKJvY14SruOvyCZ8%3D&reserved=0<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypotheses_non_fingo>>. On the flip side, hand optimization for pipelined machines is labor intensive and fragile; a compiler with an ARCHLVL parameter is better suited for the job. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ----------------------------------------------------------------- ATTENTION: The information in this e-mail is confidential and only meant for the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, don't use or disclose it in any way. Please let the sender know and delete the message immediately. ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
