Because the automation paradox came up in a thread today, I figured I might revisit the original paper that outlined the paradox, "Ironies of Automation" by Lisanne Bainbridge. It's easily found on the internet and worth the hassle
Once automation is good enough for the human to switch into monitoring, outcomes can paradoxically get worse. The original paper outlined a few reasons but one of them is participation is easier than vigilance, so we will miss errors we were supposed to catch
Baldur Bjarnason
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