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When is an agent the wrong answer? Argue against using agents.

Arguing against agents is the move that reads senior in AI-lab interviews. The error-compounding math, the decision rule, and the workflow-vs-agent spectrum that wins this contrarian question.

Updated Aug 2026 · Grounded in real Forward Deployed Engineer interview loops and written to a senior-engineer editorial bar.

Arguing against agents is the move that reads senior in AI-lab interviews. The error-compounding math, the decision rule, and the workflow-vs-agent spectrum that wins this contrarian question.

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