Just remember it’s super fast at sifting through data (the sum of which is on the Internet) and will make all kinds of errors and assumptions just like people do to fill gaps. It can create a lump of clay but not create the exact vase you wanted.
-- Matt Hogstrom “To achieve great things two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time.” - Leonard Bernstein > On Jan 13, 2025, at 12:18, Schmitt, Michael <michael.schm...@dxc.com> wrote: > > Generative AI is like a genie that gives you what you asked for but not what > you want. > > I asked ChatGPT: "Please write a Linux C subprogram to return the CPU time > used by the current process". It gave me an answer. I also googled, and found > a website that discussed "all the ways to get CPU time on Linux", with > examples. > > I tested the solution on z/OS, but always got zeros back. > > It turns out I should have asked ChatGPT for the CPU time *in microseconds*, > i.e. with a high-precision time service. The answers from ChatGPT and the > website only had a 10th of a second precision. My tests didn't use more than > .1 CPU seconds, so didn't work. > > This requires calls to a completely different function* than the answers I > got. > > * need to use clock_gettime() or getrusage(), not times(). > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of > Lionel B Dyck > Sent: Monday, January 13, 2025 10:50 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: AI makes stuff up > > And the AI will conflate information from multiple sources - for > example it may take information from Linux and apply it to an answer > for z/OS. > > Trust but verify is always a wise move. > > On Mon, Jan 13, 2025 at 10:48 AM Bob Bridges > <00000587168ababf-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: >> >> I don't see anything wrong with asking ChatGPT and checking out the options >> it offers, if you feel you have the time. But if it doesn't work, I'd just >> shrug and forget it. Those AI engines make stuff up sometimes. I gather >> their target is to write something that is grammatical and often even >> idiomatic, but there's no ability to discern when TRUTH is required. >> >> --- >> Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 >> >> /* I would as soon write free verse as play tennis with the net down. >> -Robert Frost */ >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of >> Hobart Spitz >> Sent: Monday, January 13, 2025 11:24 >> >> Update from ChatGPT: For ISPF edit macros, use the *IRXJSTUB* stub. It is >> designed for REXX programs that interact with ISPF. >> >> Seems like it would be worth a try. >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > -- > Lionel B. Dyck <>< > Website:https://github.com/lbdyck > > "Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is > what you are, reputation merely what others think you are." - John > Wooden > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
