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A problem I can see with productivity gained by automation is, humans are clever. They can come up with novel answers to their issues and work faster. But once
by freehunter 10y ago
A problem I can see with productivity gained by automation is, humans are clever. They can come up with novel answers to their issues and work faster. But once it's automated, the computer/robot isn't going to automate its job any more. It won't come up with clever or novel solutions. Humans could make those computers/robots better, but only if there is a pressing need. Robots that build cars will get better because the company that builds them wants to sell factories a new model. But if I'm replaced by an Excel macro, no one is trying to sell a new Excel macro. That task will stagnate.
- pm90 10y agoWell, if the automation is good enough, it doesn't make (financial) sense to improve it. If its not, there will be other companies/teams that will come up with an automation that is better and that automation will be adopted. e.g. before Docker/Containers came along, tools like Chef/Puppet/Ansible were already automating much of infrastructure deployment/management. But a new paradigm was introduced which was (seemingly) better and that is catching on now.