Why would it be like that instead of the way we already handle low-trust environments?

Projects that get a lot of attention already put up barriers to new contributions, and the ones that get less attention will continue to get less attention.

The review process cannot be left to AI because it will introduce uncertainty nobody wants to be held responsible for.

If anything, the people who have always seen code as a mere means to an end will finally come to a forced decision: either stop fucking around or get out of the way.

An adversarial web is ultimately good for software quality, but less open than it used to be. I'm not even sure if that's a bad thing.