Many agentic AI systems are overbuilt; pullback could be a healthy reset

DavidLinthicum · x · 2026-11-09

Cloud expert David Linthicum argues many agentic AI systems are overbuilt: when simpler automation, analytics, or human-assisted AI can do the job, adding more models and tokens isn't progress. He expects the pullback to be a healthy reset.

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