[WhitneyLand]

Disagree. It's not degrading even if it is true. Automation has been displacing people for how long now?

I would argue it's hubris to think one brain could forever outperform the cumulative experience and information that we can automate.

[prof_hobart]

That doesn't stop it being potentially degrading though.

When people, and even entire communities, define themselves by the job they do, they often end up feeling degraded and worthless as the jobs are replaced.

Doesn't mean that the automation shouldn't happen. But that sense of degradation is real for some people.

[tripzilch]

And then, we'll automate hubris.