Interestingly, that video uses the same video clip by Slaven Radovic that I
posted. It seems to be read by 'AI', so perhaps the provenance of the
voice-over is questionable, but I remember that video clip from a talk
given years ago and so it looks like the real McCoy to me.

Roops
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"Mundus sine Caesaribus"

On Fri, 29 Aug 2025, 16:58 Mike Schwab, <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Here a source for 704.  About the 8 minute mark.
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_vDpMz7IZk
>
> On Fri, Aug 29, 2025 at 8:52 AM Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > There are conflicting claims as to the first computer to play Daisy Bell.
> > Some sources claim 704, with a dater later than the first 7090. Other
> > sources claim 7094, with a date earlier than the official first customer
> > ship. Is it possible that BTL had a pre-announcement 7094? Does anyody
> have
> > a definitive reference that wiki could cite?
> >
> >
> > --
> > 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 Seymour J Metz <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Friday, August 29, 2025 7:39 AM
> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> > Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Artificial stupidity in action
> >
> >
> > External Message: Use Caution
> >
> >
> > It is in some regards unfortunate that the term AI is used for current
> > software, as it properly refers to a goal not yet achieved and leads to
> > unrealistic expectations. I prefer terms with fewer connotations, e.g.,
> big
> > data.
> >
> > It is true that an LLM is simply synthesizing from the data that it was
> > trained on, but the issue is not whether it is truly creative, but rather
> > whether it is useful. In many cases it is, although human oversight is
> > essential.
> >
> > In a typical LLM application, plagiarism is not a problem unless it
> > involves IP property violation.
> >
> > --
> > 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 Rupert Reynolds <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Friday, August 29, 2025 2:20 AM
> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> > Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Artificial stupidity in action
> >
> >
> > External Message: Use Caution
> >
> >
> > While I have tried various LLMs for code (such as C code to create a TCP
> > server socket, and to accept a connection) I'd argue it is not generating
> > to any significant degree--searching hard enough, I found the original
> code
> > I'm pretty sure the LLM plagiarised.
> >
> > LLMs do not understand (by my definition of the word). And the old trick
> of
> > asking "how many Ws are there in Mississippi" would not be so no popular
> if
> > they did understand.
> >
> > Roops
> > ---
> > "Mundus sine Caesaribus"
> >
> > On Fri, 29 Aug 2025, 02:35 Seymour J Metz, <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > I believe that current technology is good enough to generate decent
> HLASM
> > > with adequate training.
> > >
> > > As to the future, something that I learned a long time ago is that it
> is
> > a
> > > lot easier to predict that a technology is possible than it is to
> predict
> > > when. Some things arrived a lot sooner than anybody expected, while
> > others
> > > that were "5 years away" still aren't here after half a century.
> > >
> > > As for true AI, I'm more concerned about ethical issues than I am about
> > > competition. At what point does a piece of software become a person?
> > >
> > > --
> > > 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 Steve Thompson <[email protected]>
> > > Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2025 9:07 PM
> > > To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> > > Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Artificial stupidity in action
> > >
> > >
> > > External Message: Use Caution
> > >
> > >
> > > I'm not so sure it has the smarts today to generate assembly
> > > language statements that are correct and logical until we go
> > > through another generation or two (Versions in product speak).
> > >
> > > I've been looking at it in reading IRS alc and trying to turn
> > > that in to Java. I was told the java was nearly undecipherable by
> > > the people who were well versed in java. And even then, they were
> > > not able to make some changes to it that did what they wanted.
> > >
> > > Meanwhile, I'm afraid of AI becoming too "good". I keep
> > > remembering the books I read in HS from Isaac Asimov and
> > > postitronic brains and having to implement the rules of robotics.
> > >
> > > Basically, I see a bad moon rising....
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Regards,
> > > Steve Thompson
> > >
> > > MAGA: Make Assembly Language Great Again
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 8/28/2025 8:44 PM, Seymour J Metz wrote:
> > > > Just because it's overhyped doesn't mean that it's not useful. And
> just
> > > because it doesn't have understanding today doesn't mean that it never
> > > will. Making a pun on the name doesn't mean that I consider it useless
> or
> > > unimportant.
> > > >
> > > > The issues generating HLASM code are real, but that stems from
> > > inadequate data during training rather than design defects.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > 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 [email protected] <
> > > [email protected]>
> > > > Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2025 8:09 PM
> > > > To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> > > > Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Artificial stupidity in action
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > External Message: Use Caution
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > The same people who said the mainframe is dead in 1993, are likely
> the
> > > same ones now downplaying AI. NVIDIA is the highest market cap company
> > that
> > > ever existed. What do they make? Graphics Processing Units for AI data
> > > centers. Who is buying them? The largest tech companies in the world.
> AI
> > is
> > > here and it’s going to impact everything.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Sunday, August 17, 2025, 8:59 AM, Seymour J Metz <[email protected]>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > How good is the training? Can it generate a working HLASM program?
> > > Locate specific editions of PoOps?
> > > >
> > > > i tried CoPilot only because it was part of my mandatory training
> this
> > > year. i was curious whether it would mess up as badly as ChaatGPT
> (It's a
> > > typo. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.)
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > 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 Pommier, Rex <[email protected]
> >
> > > > Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2025 10:49 PM
> > > > To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> > > > Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Artificial stupidity in action
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > External Message: Use Caution
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > How about the best of both worlds - google AI?  I went searching for
> a
> > > very specific "can I do this" type question regarding surcharges on
> > retail
> > > purchases with credit cards and a specific CC clearinghouse.  Google AI
> > > came back with a "yes you can do that" and about 3 items down the hit
> > list,
> > > the specific clearing house' web site pops up with "no you can't do
> > that".
> > > >
> > > > Rex
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On
> > > Behalf Of Matt Hogstrom
> > > > Sent: Friday, August 15, 2025 4:38 PM
> > > > To: [email protected]
> > > > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Artificial stupidity in action
> > > >
> > > > Let’s be honest.  It’s not sentient.  Processed a lot of information
> > and
> > > indexes it to define relationships and is a better search than google.
> > > > Apart from that I think people are expecting perfection but it is
> > > imperfect but pretty dang impressive
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Aug 15, 2025 at 17:34 Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> Well, the judge thought that submitting briefs with bogus citations
> > > >> was pretty cheesy.
> > > >>
> > > >> --
> > > >> Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
> > > >>
> > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://mason.gmu.edu/*smetz3__;fg!!KjMRP1I
> > > >>
> xj6eLE0Fj!o_VDCnJjynb2bLfg3a11_uUWQ7D6fOm5XPAHuwxjVSyRa1TXm8EZK0TBPkbq
> > > >> Iq9QkXgdysUR5N9aWYQ8nUZqrh1AdEOYmjoWbmAO$
> > > >> עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי
> > > >> נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> ________________________________________
> > > >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on
> > > >> behalf of Jeremy Nicoll <[email protected]>
> > > >> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2025 4:58 PM
> > > >> To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> > > >> Subject: Re: Artificial stupidity in action
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> External Message: Use Caution
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> On Fri, 15 Aug 2025, at 19:42, Seymour J Metz wrote:
> > > >>> ... when they submitted AI-generated brie that contained
> > > >> AI can make cheese?
> > > >>
> > > >> --
> > > >> Jeremy Nicoll - my opinions are my own.
> > > >>
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