With the number of software flaws we found even before AI, I don't think quality was ever job #1.

The entire industry is dangerously negligent, we just have better tools and stronger incentives now. Why spend 3h code-reviewing a PR when you know if it breaks you just tell your agent to watch out for that specific scenario? Which executive will see that as time well spent?

if quality is the currency, then we can be open and transparent about the code and software that we use. I suspect that most of the software that I use is crap, and was so even before AI came along. Maybe AI can actually make this crappy software better?