Regarding point 4 -- Sometimes you automate something because you want to do it faster / cheaper. Sometimes you automate something because you need it to be d

Regarding point 4 -- Sometimes you automate something because you want to do it faster / cheaper. Sometimes you automate something because you need it to be done _correctly_. I would much rather my critical but menial $900/hr task be done by someone double-checking automated work than the same amount of time being spent doing the menial work. You could even introduce flaws (in the review step) to catch if you're concerned about the human getting bored and just automatically mashing the "merge" button... There was a freakonomics[1] podcast about mechanical support of human activities... [1] https://freakonomics.com/podcast/new-technologies-always-scare-us-is-a-i-any-different/ https://freakonomics.com/podcast/new-technologies-always-sca...