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What does “accountability” mean to you here. Isn’t that the point of a reviewer to make them also accountable for the PR?

I think what you’re outlining here is an entire change to the code creation and merging process, not just adding an AI helper to the “coder”.

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It means the stakes are higher for individuals. The coding task is easier because of ai, but because fewer people are going to review it you have more responsibility for it. You can't push out slop that "should work" or "works on my machine", etc. and put the burden on reviewers to catch edge cases. You own the result and what follows so you need to think ahead more. The coding is easier, the consequences are more personal.

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