Generative AI in Software Engineering Must Be Human-Centered: The Copenhagen Manifesto
Other text in scientific journal, 2024
The advent of Generative Artificial Intelligence—systems that can produce human-like content such as text, music, visual art, or source code—marks not only a significant leap for Artificial Intelligence (AI) but also a pivotal moment for software practitioners and researchers. The role of software engineering researchers and practitioners in adopting the technologies that shape our world is critical. Historically, the human aspects of developing software have been treated as secondary to more technical innovations. However, the emergence of Generative AI will simultaneously enhance human capabilities while surfacing complex ethical, social, legal, and technical challenges. While primarily aimed at software engineering (SE) researchers and practitioners, who are at the forefront of integrating Generative AI into our digital infrastructure, this manifesto equally underscores the ripple effects such innovations have on end-users of software, shaping their experiences and interactions in profound ways.
Author
Daniel Russo
Aalborg University
Sebastian Baltes
University of Bayreuth
Niels van Berkel
Aalborg University
Paris Avgeriou
University of Groningen
Fabio Calefato
University of Bari Aldo Moro
Beatriz Cabrero-Daniel
University of Gothenburg
Software Engineering 2
Gemma Catolino
University of Salerno
Jurgen Cito
Vienna University of Technology
Neil A. Ernst
University of Victoria
Thomas Fritz
University of Zürich
Hideaki Hata
Shinshu University
Reid Holmes
University of British Columbia (UBC)
Maliheh Izadi
Delft University of Technology
Foutse Khomh
École Polytechnique de Montréal
Mikkel Baun Kjærgaard
University of Southern Denmark
Grischa Liebel
Reykjavik University
Alberto Lluch Lafuente
Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
Stefano Lambiase
Vienna University of Technology
Walid Maalej
University of Hamburg
Gail Murphy
University of British Columbia (UBC)
Nils Brede Moe
SINTEF
Gabrielle O'Brien
University of Michigan
Elda Paja
IT University of Copenhagen
Mauro Pezzè
Universita della Svizzera italiana
John Stouby Persson
Aalborg University
Rafael Prikladnicki
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul
Paul Ralph
Dalhousie University
Martin Robillard
McGill University
Thiago Rocha Silva
University of Southern Denmark
Klaas Jan Stol
University College Cork
M. A. Storey
University of Victoria
Viktoria Stray
University of Oslo
Paolo Tell
IT University of Copenhagen
Christoph Treude
Singapore Management University
Bogdan Vasilescu
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
Journal of Systems and Software
0164-1212 (ISSN)
Vol. 216 112115Subject Categories (SSIF 2025)
Software Engineering
DOI
10.1016/j.jss.2024.112115