The lens of elephant-in-the-room and the blind men who are individually only perceiving parts of it make for powerful framing to examine systems and change.
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) coding tools are transforming software production and work. To benefit, organizations must integrate AI into processes, enforce stricter quality controls, manage automation risks, and adapt training, career paths, and governance to sustained AI-assisted development.
AI: The Blind-Men Elephant in the Software Developers’ Room, by Diomidis Spinellis.
AI is one elephant in the software development room. Less clear is what we are blind to see. The more convinced you are of your vision, the more surprising your blind spots.