If AI can build a knowledge base of what we do as a group. It would be valuable
Sent from my iPhone No one said I could type with one thumb > On May 25, 2025, at 19:33, roscoe5 > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes, I too have found different AIs to be helpful at times and also > fabricating MVS commands that don’t exist. And yes, when I push back enough > it may admit it had extrapolated from other commands. > > My question is, given that there is a lot of AI power and success in some > areas, why not in z/OS, etc.? > > What is IBM doing in this space? > I’ve heard a little about Watsonx. Surely, if IBM wanted to, they could make > a powerful and useful instance around mainframe products. > > I don’t see it replacing IBM Support, but it could ingest manuals and other > knowledge, making it easy to find the syntax for that obscure command with > examples. > > Giving advice on how to implement and tune things for a given shop would be > limited. IBM Support treads softly in some of these areas. > > But if a Junior SysProg could find an answer to specific question without > having to spend hours in manuals, that should help with the knowledge > retirement issues. > > Bob > Sent from [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/mail/home) for iOS > >> On Sun, May 25, 2025 at 8:04 PM, Seymour J Metz <[[email protected]](mailto:On >> Sun, May 25, 2025 at 8:04 PM, Seymour J Metz <<a href=)> wrote: >> >> Don't judge what AI will eventually be able to do by current artificial >> stupidity engines. >> >> -- >> Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz >> http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 >> עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי >> נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר >> >> ________________________________________ >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of >> Andrew Rowley <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2025 7:51 PM >> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: RTFM >> >> External Message: Use Caution >> >>> On 26/05/2025 9:15 am, Lennie Bradshaw wrote: >>> Wrong answers can be challenged in AI. You can ask AI where the references >>> come from. You can suggest alternatives and get a changed response. This >>> isn't just a better google. This is useful to me. Work with the AI and >>> together you can work out things that are difficult on your own. >> I'm not saying it can't be useful. But it produces wrong answers with >> equal confidence as correct answers. If you know enough to challenge the >> wrong answers that's OK. But it's used in lots of situations where >> people won't recognize the wrong answers. >> >> The success of AI is based on situations where people want convincing >> answers quickly and cheaply but don't care whether they are correct e.g. >> customer support. I don't think that's going to have good results long >> term... >> >> -- >> Andrew Rowley >> Black Hill Software >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
