Ironies of Automation

Catalog evidence and recorded chart appearances. Inclusion is not an endorsement.

Source snapshot imported 2026-10-20. This is not a live feed. Source and contributions.

Evidence and limits

Finding: Automation can leave people responsible for rare, difficult failures while reducing the practice and information needed to intervene effectively.

Impact: Strengthen recovery-readiness and skill-retention tests. Reject nominal takeover authority without practiced capability.

Boundary: Industrial process control differs from generative knowledge work. Next: what low-cost rehearsal shows that a human can actually recover a current workflow?

Flags: process-control domain; historical technology

Record State: Catalog review recorded; not a performance endorsement

What was reviewed: Structure and relevance screened; not a full evaluation

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Recorded chart appearances

  • 2026-10-13: position 94. Relevant to the recorded review topic (see source); Structure and relevance screened; not a full evaluation evidence
  • 2026-10-12: position 93. Relevant to the recorded review topic (see source); Structure and relevance screened; not a full evaluation evidence