[mjw1007]

Right, so we have a number of advantages of automation that aren't captured in a simplistic time calculation like the "Is It Worth the Time?" XKCD:

- if you can do something more quickly you might also choose to do it more often

- automation can reduce human errors

- once something is fully automated it can be used as a building block in a larger piece of automation

I can think of one more:

- automation can make it easier to hand over work to someone else, or increase the number of people who are able to do it

But also one disadvantage:

- automating something can lose a human "sanity check" (for example, you could generate reports full of missing data and maybe nobody will notice for a while)

Any more?

[Jensson]

> - automating something can lose a human "sanity check" (for example, you could generate reports full of missing data and maybe nobody will notice for a while)

Yeah, you shouldn't automate things that you don't know how to automate. Don't use ML for automation for example.