Episode 1 of our 5-part "Platform Engineering 2026 Look Forward Series" tackles the hottest debate in platform engineering: will AI agents replace us or amplify us? AWS Frontier Agents can reason across 30+ steps. The MLOps market hits $129 billion by 2028. Netflix AI triage cuts MTTR by 40%. But where are the hard limits? We introduce the 60/30/10 Framework:- 60% Delegate: Log analysis, runbook execution, cost optimization- 30% Augment: Incident response, capacity planning (AI suggests, human confirms)- 10% Guard: Architecture decisions, security posture, novel failures The key insight: the 20% AI can't do is 80% of the value. Five action items for 2026:1. Audit your runbooks for automation candidates2. Pilot AI agents on low-risk, high-volume tasks3. Build the guardrail muscle4. Invest in AI orchestration skills5. Track the last mile gap Platform engineering isn't becoming obsolete - it's evolving. The engineers who embrace AI agents will pull ahead of those who resist. https://platformengineering.org/podcasts/00067-agentic-ai-platform-operations-2026 #PlatformEngineering #AgenticAI #MLOps #DevOps #SRE #AWSFrontierAgents #CloudNative #2026Predictions