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The unintended consequence of this is well captured in Bainbridge's piece from 1983 'Ironies of Automation'

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/000510...

- The more tasks you automate the less practice people get in doing those tasks themselves and developing the experience in executing them.

- Yet, experience becomes more important as issues/exceptions occur (which they will)

- Ironically, when people are needed the most they are least prepared to step in because automation has taken over their day-to-day.

Net result might be a reduced supply of 'experience' but demand remains strong thus increasing the price of it.




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