Low-code has elevated, pun intended. The rise of low-code application development technologies designed to perform software architecture and workflow process automation and acceleration has been hugely prevalent in the way modern IT systems have been built and operated.
Acutely aware of the need to enable users with what he calls ‘data rights’ in relation to the way enterprise and personal software is deployed and used today, Appian CEO and co-founderhas already called for something of an AI epiphany that needs to happen globally.
Drawing upon the Appian tagline ‘Orchestrate Change’, does the Appian CEO feel that humans are about to switch from being workers to some new notion or ‘orchestrators’ that sit over AI engines as the machines do all the work?“That’s not quite what’s going to happen,” advised Calkins, speaking to press and analysts in person this April 2024. “The role of humans is actually going to become ‘more human’ as we continue to enter the AI economy i.e.
That’s an important point of clarification i.e. while Appian process technologies can be ‘pointed at’ software services and data resources that have been created on other platforms, the company’s deeper analytics and data control tools as showcased are more effectively applied when kept inside their own wheelhouse.
Appian AI Copilot is said to be able to ease some of the most tedious development tasks by generating sample data. Users can simply specify the desired number of rows and let the AI copilot handle the rest, generating data for individual records and for complex sets of related records. Ideal for unit testing, user acceptance testing and stakeholder demos, AI Copilot accelerates the development lifecycle while ensuring the availability of realistic data for testing and demonstration purposes.