Where AI Fits in the SDLC — and Where Humans Still Own the Decision

AI is becoming part of software delivery, but responsibility still lives at the human decision boundaries that define quality, risk, and accountability. By Lakshmi Priya Gopalsamy Core idea: AI can support almost every stage of the software delivery lifecycle, but the decisive control points—problem framing, architecture, approval, rollout, incident tradeoffs, and long-term accountability—still belong to humans. An AI assistant can turn a ticket into a pull request faster than many teams can rev