Are AI Agents Actually Slowing Us Down?

Are AI Agents Actually Slowing Us Down?

TLDR: A growing body of evidence suggests that AI coding agents, while boosting raw output metrics like pull requests, are degrading software quality, causing outages, and creating tech debt that slows teams down long-term. Big Tech companies are compounding the problem by tying AI usage to performance reviews, pressuring engineers to use tools regardless of quality impact.

Are AI agents actually slowing us down?