Automation Babysitting Examples?
5.1BRAINROT SCOREAutomation Babysitting Predicted term for the ongoing manual work required to keep a smart-home system functioning as intended, undermining the promise that automation reduces effort.
Origin:Anticipated critical framing that follows directly from accumulated stories about False Presence and misfiring triggers, naming the irony of a labor-saving system that generates its own maintenance labor.
First Seen:2026
Peak Era:2026 (Permission Machines)
Aura Impact:+1 Aura (Fixing an Automation Once and It Actually Stays Fixed) / -1 Aura (Babysitting the Same Automation Every Single Week)
EXAMPLE USAGE
"The whole system needs constant automation babysitting just to work half the time."
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