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Beyond Token Intelligence: Why AI Code Review Needs Cognitive Architectures

A few months ago, I watched a senior engineer spend forty-five minutes reviewing a single pull request — a PR that an AI assistant had generated in under two minutes.

Beyond Token Intelligence: Why AI Code Review Needs Cognitive Architectures

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A few months ago, I watched a senior engineer spend forty-five minutes reviewing a single pull request — a PR that an AI assistant had generated in under two minutes.

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A few months ago, I watched a senior engineer spend forty-five minutes reviewing a single pull request — a PR that an AI assistant had generated in under two minutes.

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