'Skills deteriorate when unused': monitoring automation turns veteran operators into novices
math_rachel · x · 2026-10-24
- Rachel Thomas continues quoting Bainbridge: 'Skills deteriorate when they are not used... a formerly experienced operator who has been monitoring an automated process may now be an inexperienced one.'
- A direct warning for the AI era: the more you rely on automation, the less able you may be to take over when it matters.
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