Why most companies shouldn't be using AI agents yet — and the millions wasted daily on hype
DavidLinthicum · x · 2026-10-15
Enterprise tech consultant David Linthicum is hosting a free lesson on when to use AI agents — and when not to:
- Hype is pushing organizations to apply agents to problems better solved with conventional software, workflow automation, or simpler AI — more reliably, faster, and cheaper.
- The result: millions wasted daily on unnecessarily complex implementations, inflated operational costs, and projects that fail to deliver real business value.
- His core argument: agents aren't the default answer; reserve them for cases where autonomy, multi-step decision-making, and coordinated action genuinely create value.
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