TY - JOUR
T1 - The Impact of Generative AI on Creativity in Software Development
T2 - A Research Agenda
AU - Jackson, Victoria
AU - Vasilescu, Bogdan
AU - Russo, Daniel
AU - Ralph, Paul
AU - Prikladnicki, Rafael
AU - Izadi, Maliheh
AU - D'Angelo, Sarah
AU - Inman, Sarah
AU - Andrade, Anielle
AU - Van Der Hoek, André
PY - 2025
Y1 - 2025
N2 - As GenAI becomes embedded in developer toolchains and practices, and routine code is increasingly generated, human creativity will be increasingly important for generating competitive advantage. This article uses the McLuhan tetrad alongside scenarios of how GenAI may disrupt software development more broadly, to identify potential impacts GenAI may have on creativity within software development. The impacts are discussed along with a future research agenda comprising five connected themes that consider how individual capabilities, team capabilities, the product, unintended consequences, and society can be affected.
AB - As GenAI becomes embedded in developer toolchains and practices, and routine code is increasingly generated, human creativity will be increasingly important for generating competitive advantage. This article uses the McLuhan tetrad alongside scenarios of how GenAI may disrupt software development more broadly, to identify potential impacts GenAI may have on creativity within software development. The impacts are discussed along with a future research agenda comprising five connected themes that consider how individual capabilities, team capabilities, the product, unintended consequences, and society can be affected.
KW - Creativity
KW - Foundational Models
KW - Generative AI
KW - Software Development
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=105008817694&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/3708523
DO - 10.1145/3708523
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:105008817694
SN - 1049-331X
VL - 34
JO - ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology
JF - ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology
IS - 5
M1 - 133
ER -