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by famouswaffles 670 days ago
Repetitive doesn't necessarily mentally or physically trivial (for automation).

Many of the things people who work in the trades do is repetitive work, most of which is not currently possible to automate. It's the same for mental tasks.

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> a repetitive task that’d put someone to sleep.

If it requires so little thought to do, that it causes human error ... then it is probably nonsensical to NOT automate it.

If you can. There are still many, many tasks which are mind-numbingly boring that are not automatable.