When AI Writes the Code: Processes and Organizational Design | Ep. 14

When Code Writes Itself: Bridging The Gap Between Software Design, Computing Education, and AI-generated Code Webinar Description: We are at a crossroads in software engineering. While AI drastically increases “code throughput” at the implementation layer, the core challenges of system architecture, long-term maintainability, and product reasoning remain deeply human. In this webinar series, a panel of experts explores how to leverage AI’s efficiency without eroding software engineering’s core principles and intellectual rigor. This webinar series should be relevant to software engineers, architects, engineering managers, faculty, researchers, and students. In this episode, panel members discuss the fourth question of this webinar: What changes to processes—code review, architecture practices, ownership boundaries—are necessary so that AI becomes a force multiplier for good design rather than an amplifier of bad patterns? Audience Poll Question: As your team adopts AI, where should your biggest organizational change happen to protect your system’s design? Audience Choice: The Process Bar — Mandating stricter architectural reviews before any code is generated: 17 The Ownership Bar — Changing contracts/policies to hold humans 100% accountable for AI output: 6 The Automation Bar — Investing in AI‑driven tools that catch mistakes other AI tools make: 8 The Human Bar — Raising standards for seniority/expertise required to approve code: 4 Webinar was held via Zoom on April 16, 2026, from 4:30 PM to 6 PM Moderators: Dr. Karthikeyan Umapathy, Professor and Co-Director of FL-DSSG, UNF https://dssg.unf.edu/   / karthikeyanumapathy   Dr. Nan Niu, Professor and School of Computing Director, University of North Florida   / nan-niu-25586933b   Panel Members: Nathan Enright, Senior Cloud Solution Architect, NLP Logix   / nathan-enright-2923165   Zack England, WellSky Michael Privat, Chief Data & Engineering Officer, Availity   / michaelprivat   Mike Potts, CEO & Founder, feature[23]   / hackmp   Danny Logsdon, CEO, HoloModular   / danlogsdon   Rahul Pandita, Automated Software Engineering Researcher, GitHub   / panditarahul   David Provan, Vice President - Digital Architecture, PGA Tour   / daprovan   hDim Podcast: Many data scientists are beginning to discover hidden value and broader impacts of their work. The Hidden Dimensions (hDim) podcast seeks to uncover the perspectives, values, and techniques that give data science work meaning in an ever-changing and connected world. We believe quality data science is collaborative and connects relevant data and powerful technology tools with mindful consideration of the human element and meaningful community engagement. The hDim podcast is produced by the Florida Data Science for Social Good (FL-DSSG) program at the University of North Florida (UNF). https://dssg.unf.edu/hDimPodcast.html The title music is taken from Shake It by Aakash Gandhi, available on the YouTube Audio Library.    • Shake It