Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison has pushed back against predictions that artificial intelligence will trigger a software apocalypse, arguing instead that generative technology will make enterprise applications far more capable than ever before. Speaking during his keynote at the annual Oracle AI World conference, Ellison directly addressed industry fears that businesses will use artificial intelligence to build their own custom software and bypass traditional commercial vendors.
Rather than making established software redundant, Ellison believes artificial intelligence will allow developers to build comprehensive applications tailored specifically to individual sectors and geographic needs. He noted that even the best commercially available enterprise applications today are incomplete and often require third-party connectors or custom extensions. According to Ellison, artificial intelligence finally gives the software industry the tools required to finish building out these complex industry-specific processes.
This shift also points toward a fundamental change in how workers interact with business software. Ellison envisions a future where complicated dashboards, menus, and multi-step processes are replaced entirely by natural language interaction. If a worker can simply describe what they want to see, traditional user interfaces become unnecessary, and software training could become a thing of the past.
Company executives at NetSuite echo this sentiment, indicating that underlying business applications might eventually become invisible to end users interacting entirely through conversational artificial intelligence platforms or chat assistants. While traditional user interfaces may lose their prominence, the underlying value for software vendors will shift toward the robust data, logic, and core processes they manage.
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