Quality has already been sacrificed in the name of velocity. Next on the chopping block: alignment. Talking to others about what needs building is now being framed as unnecessary friction. Automating (skipping) this step with AI leads to teams disintegrating into individuals, tackling problems based on saliency rather than the value of solving them.
The only way to restore coherence in products is to invest in design, not AI.
https://productpicnic.com/archive/accelerating-alignment-is-anti-design/