David Shirey

In my last article, we discussed AI in general, particularly the difference between Generative and Agentic AI. Now we want to look specifically at the i and how AI fits into that environment. And we will start by looking at automatic RPG code generation. By David Shirey Until last fall, we thought that the path to autogenerated i RPG code would be Watsonx.ai.

While we can all agree that the AI buzz is currently loud enough to deafen a rock star, we can’t say that the buzz is necessarily ‘clear’. There are a lot of terms and ideas out there, and it can get pretty difficult to really understand what is happening with AI and what it can mean for you. This article should shed some light on that issue. By David Shirey Generative and Agentic First, some fundamentals. Currently, two main AI models are in use. The first are the Generative models.

Time to get down and get dirty with a very simple application of the MVC/MVP design pattern. Read Part 1 and Part 2 of this series. By David Shirey Editor's Note: This article is excerpted from chapter 25 of 21st Century RPG: /Free, ILE, and MVC, by David Shirey. This is an application that I did for one of my clients. It was designed to accept inventory into a consignment warehouse without going through all the freakiness of normal receiving.