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Yeah, automation vs. amplification is a perennial issue, not sure it maps that well to companies. The difference is control, whether the task is sufficiently p
by hyperpallium 8y ago
Yeah, automation vs. amplification is a perennial issue, not sure it maps that well to companies.
The difference is control, whether the task is sufficiently predictable and well-understood.
Similar to how much of a task can be hidden behind an API - the specific usage determines acceptable performance metrics.
autocomplete/suggest is a T9/Clippy offspring, the latter by MS, and closer to automation.
BTW: to be fair, when Steve Jobs demoed the iPhone, he used it to prank a cafe for 2000 lattes. Whereas Google pranked a business automatically.
- TeMPOraL 8y ago> automation vs. amplification is a perennial issue How is that even a difference? Amplification is done by automating subcomponents of what you're trying to do. If you automate away the entire task, it means you amplify the human working one level up.