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What Does 'Automation Babysitting' Mean?

[ SLANG ][ SMART HOME ][ MACHINE CULTURE ]

FORCE: Machine CultureUNIVERSE: Machine Judgment CultureCLUSTER: Home Automation Judgment

Predicted term for the ongoing manual work required to keep a smart-home system functioning as intended, undermining the promise that automation reduces effort.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"The whole system needs constant automation babysitting just to work half the time."

LORE & 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.

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