Is AI actually making hiring better — or just faster?

Everyone is talking about AI in hiring. Resumes screened in seconds. Candidates matched instantly. Job descriptions written in one click.

But is any of this actually producing better hires?

Because speed and quality are not the same thing. A recruiter told me recently that since adopting AI tools their time-to-hire dropped by 40%. But their 90-day retention rate got worse.

So I want to hear from people who have actually been through this — recruiters, candidates, founders, HR teams:

Has AI genuinely improved the quality of your hiring or candidate experience? Or has it just made the same broken process move faster?

No agenda here. Just curious what people on this platform have experienced