A short monologue (YouTube) by Paul Barnhurst criticizing superficial "AI features" added onto legacy ERP systems and arguing that real transformation requires rethinking software from first principles: eliminate unnecessary human touches, prefer deterministic/rule-based automation where possible, and use AI to suggest to humans rather than forcing them to build things from scratch.
Anyone who's living in a legacy ERP knows the kind of BS around those AI features that are getting sprinkled on top. It's almost like some senior VP or super senior VP is asking some senior VP to ask some VP to get some like manager to get some AI feature. I wonder if some of these people even use ChatGPT daily. But the most important thing when we go about building software is because we get to rethink everything from the very beginning. Does this transaction need to be touched by a human? And if not, does it come from an integration? Can it be done via rule based deterministic engine? That way you have the certainty that it will obviously be treated the same way. And then if not, then how can AI suggest to the human rather than the human having to create it from scratch.
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