What breaks when you try to plug AI into an existing backend

Most teams think adding AI is simple. Call an API. Send some data. Get a response. In reality, the moment you try to plug AI into an existing backend, things start breaking. Not because AI is hard. Because your backend was never designed for it. 1. Your data is not usable AI needs clean, structured, and consistent data. Most backends don’t have that. You’ll find: missing fields inconsistent formats duplicated records business logic spread across code Your system works because humans understand t