"A hero can be anyone.” Bruce Wayne, The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

Generative AI has transformed the way we develop systems at BT. Every developer has access to cutting edge coding assistants, the Batarang to their Batman if you will. But with the recent advancements in agentic frameworks making a utility belt of tools even easier to acquire, where should we next focus our attention?

In this talk, I will take you through BT’s journey with generative AI, starting with coding assistants, and finishing with what we believe to be the next step in the gen AI journey. I will introduce you to Alfred, the intelligence agent-turned butler ready to attend to your every need, whether it be drawing your architectural diagrams, or analysing them for quality and guardrail conformance.

The journey will explore what is currently possible at the bleeding edge of AI supporting industrial software engineering, and we will use the opportunity to identify the next generation research challenges that once solved will allow everyone to be super heroes."