The goal with the article is to explain what tools can be employed to tackle the PR bottleneck and where humans are still needed - at this point in time. Code quality and security platforms like Codacy (here's the service) can automate away many baseline checks (SAST, test coverage, complexity, duplication, linters, etc). This provides deterministic analysis that is the same every time, unlike pure AI code reviewers. But there's very much still room for AI-assisted reviews. AI is very good at identifying what has changed, grouping findings by severity and helping the human reviewer focus their attention. After these 2 passes, human attention can be reserved for the important judgement calls. "Human reviewers concentrate on judgment rather than scanning for issues that tools can detect consistently."

Codacy does both layers, the deterministic checks that have to be repeatable and auditable, and the AI on top. This cuts review time without lowering coding standards.