Agentic AI and IBM i

There is so much buzz in the community about AI developer tools and I think we should talk about terminology and examples of how AI agents work. We'll look at how prompt work, how context is built, what tools are and how they all come together to build an agent. Let's find out if WatsonX is in the game, what GitHub Copilot can and cannot do, alternative tools, and of course self-hosted models with Continue. Plus, a sneak peak at the AI integration for the Db2 for IBM i database extension.

Talk about the multiple ways to use or host a model
Will demo multiple tools
How RPGLE and SQL can be written, plus debugged, with the help of an AI model

Jesse Gorzinski

Senior Business Architect - Open Source Software on IBM i

IBM

Jesse Gorzinski works for the IBM i development lab in Rochester, MN. He is the Business Architect of open source technologies. Jesse, who was doing RPG programming at the age of 18, is an expert on application development on IBM i, as well as system access and modernization. His hobbies include playing with his dog, replacing complex applications with 5-line Python programs, and advocating for the use of new technologies on IBM i!Prior to his 2006 employment at IBM, Jesse worked with the AS/400 as an I/T administrator for an IBM customer in the finance/mortgage industry, where he specialized in data backup/recovery, process optimization, and information integrity. He has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science as well as a Master of Business Administration degree

Liam Allan

Advisory Software Engineer

IBM

Liam primarily works with Node.js/TS and C, but has previously used other languages like C# and PHP. He is invested heavily into the IBM i industry to help people learn other tech (like Node.js, AWS, Azure, modern development practices, so on!). Liam loves working on and creating dev tools to make developing applications easier for everyone in the long run. He is now working at IBM as a Advisory Software Engineer, working with clients and open-source software. Liam of course loves, loves, loves open-source! Oh, and he sometimes speak at conferences.