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Their wordsThe reason is that AI itself changes the quality threshold required to keep systems stable.
Their wordsAnd still: future systems are likely to evolve at a pace that is significantly higher than today where we still have plenty of constraints and manual checkpoints in our delivery pipelines.
Their wordsOne possible response is to aim for superhuman code quality. Personally, I don't think that's a realistic path.
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