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>>> Automation is not reserved for those providing "services". It also should be available to those using them. Yes ! I call this software literacy. And yes

>>> Automation is not reserved for those providing "services". It also should be available to those using them. Yes ! I call this software literacy. And yes - no matter how cool the JS on a major site, the fact that the sites goals are to keep me there and clicking and my goals are to get what I want with minimal action are in conflict. I would suggest that bots are actually not a problem. For most things I would like a bot acting for me. Telling me as and when that I need to visit the dentist, who has slots free next weds and friday. Friday is best because I am also WFH that day. The bot apocalypse is only one because we are trying to make a "web for humans" when actually a "web for bots, and a bot for a human" is a much better idea :/)

denton-scratch 4y ago
> Telling me as and when that I need to visit the dentist Isn't that simply your calendar? Sure, you want it automated; but it doesn't need internet access, it doesn't need to crawl or search, I don't know why you refer to it as a 'bot'. To my mind, the idea of personal 'bots' was that you could give it some general instructions such as "Let me know when the content at any of these URLs changes", and then leave it running. Were they also called agents?
- lifeisstillgood 4y ago
  Not really. I want a PA, who will help organise my day, monitor my emails and messages, arrange meetings, prepare materials, tell me options for kids camps, you know what people who can afford a full time helper get. But I don't want to spend 80k pa or more. I want a bot.