Or from a users perspective: Why bother looking for software that fits your purpose, when you can just let the AI write one from scratch that does?
A lot of what makes software complicated is that it has to serve thousands of users with different requirements at once. With AI on the other side, that's not something a user has to worry about, they can just let the AI spawn a much smaller special purpose tool that solves exactly the problem they are having.
We might be entering the age of disposable software, where software isn't a product, but just something your AI system produces temporarily in the background for the task at hand.
For example, you tell the AI you're looking to buy an apartment, show some options.
It'll spin up an interactive map with layers of prices, amenities, etc.
Ask it to warp the map projection to show walk-times to metro stations, and it's do that.
Ask it to add some sliders for price range, walk-distance, 'social class', etc.
Ask to book viewings and it'll spin up a calendar, and web form (if it needs more information from you), and then send emails or fill agency booking forms with that data.
All highly personalized, created for the moment, and potentially disposable.
A lot of what makes software complicated is that it has to serve thousands of users with different requirements at once. With AI on the other side, that's not something a user has to worry about, they can just let the AI spawn a much smaller special purpose tool that solves exactly the problem they are having.
We might be entering the age of disposable software, where software isn't a product, but just something your AI system produces temporarily in the background for the task at hand.