These are personal notes to categorize and clarify how gen AI impacts existing software applications. Positive change Easier software development Gen AI acts as an augmented suit: with AI copilots, developpers become better developers. They can code more complex tasks, quicker. A team of developers gains an extended potential. Or the same potential can be achieved with a reduced team. Risky change (risky or disruptive or negative: your pick) 1. Entire classes of domain-specific analytics are ...