From time to time I post a HUMOR essay, entirely separate from my day job.
On a podcast, I heard remarks about the 1950s programming language COBOL, and I wondered, could you build a Large Language Model out of COBOL?
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* So, I asked Chat GPT to write a two-page business plan for a novel "AI" based entirely on COBOL. And ask for $100M Series A.
* It's assigned to a young VC associate to write-up - and he's heard his VC Partner likes the idea, so he has to write it up cautiously,
* The company comes back two years later, now ready for a $1 Billion Series B.
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In the blog, that Series B essay is followed by a "serious" one where Chat GPT discusses why you don't want to build an LLM out of COBOL.
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Find the humor essays here:
https://bqwebpage.blogspot.com/2026/01/ai-humor-investing-in-new-llm-based-on.html
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