Beyond the Benchmark: Dr. Muhammad Waseem on What AI Is Actually Changing in Software Engineering

Muhammad Waseem at Hervanta Campus

The conversation around AI and software development often narrows to tools and benchmarks. For Dr. Muhammad Waseem, Postdoctoral Researcher and Vice-Head of GPT-Lab at Tampere University, that framing misses what is actually at stake. What is changing is not just how fast code can be written, but how software systems are designed, validated, and integrated into real-world environments.

“I think we are already past the stage where the most interesting discussion is about which model performs slightly better on a benchmark or which tool generates code faster.”