January 2024 meeting

The Central Texas IBM i User Group wiull hold its first meeting of the New Year on Wednesday January 10 at 6:30 PM US Central Time. .

This meeting is online, FREE, and open to everyone.

Our guest presenter is Mike Pavlak.

Presentation description:  What is OpenAI and Why Should You Care?
Open AI and specifically Online GPT has captured the latest in IT headlines. In this session we will discuss the history of Open AI, how it has matured and the goals of the team behind the technology. We'll also explore (speculate) on its impact to education, finance and most assuredly, Information Technology. We'll wrap up with a live demo of the Copilot application and how it might add productivity to the typical IBm i shop, but at what cost?

Learning Objectives:
1) Learn the basics of operating OpenAI and ChatGPT.
2) Understand how to plug in to Copilot.
3) See how to leverage AI tools in actual development scenario.

 

Bio:  Mike Pavlak has been working with IBM midrange solutions since 1992 and IBM Mainframes before that. After years of developing applications using RPG & CL he managed IT development and IT for power protection manufacturer Tripp Lite. Mike was instrumental in developing the adoption of PHP as the first open source language on IBM i and later joined Zend Technologies. Today, as a Solution Engineer with Perforce (Zend), Mike helps companies approach the challenges of modernization and open source technologies. In addition to several roles as a volunteer with COMMON Mike also teaches PHP & Python classes part time at Moraine Valley Community College in Suburban Chicago.

Mike lives in suburban Chicago constantly searching for the best microbreweries in the Midwest and elsewhere.