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A recent article, "The End of Code Review: Coding Agents Supersede Human Inspection," suggests that traditional human code review is no longer necessary in software development, as large language model-based autonomous systems, or coding agents, can perform the same tasks at a lower cost and higher throughput. The article argues that coding agents can serve every stated goal of code review, including defect detection, style enforcement, knowledge transfer, and awareness, making human review redundant. However, this argument has been criticized for relying on a "substitution myth," which oversimplifies the complexities of code review and neglects the nuances of human interaction and judgment that cannot be easily automated.