Does AI-generated code create more technical debt?
Not necessarily more, but a different kind. Human debt is usually a known shortcut; AI debt is an unnoticed inference: a duplicate implementation or a crossed boundary. It is harder to manage mainly because nobody knows it is there.
From Technical debt from AI coding: how to measure it, published 9 August 2026. That article is where the reasoning behind this answer is set out, including what it does not cover.