Automatable

A task performed by Computer Network Support Specialists

Research hardware or software products to meet technical networking or security needs.

Low PriorityLow desire · low capability

Probably not worth it. Both worker desire (2/5) and AI capability (3.33/5) are on the low side. It sits in the Low Priority zone.

Worker desire to automate2.0/5

How much the people who do this task want AI to take it over (avg of 3 workers).

AI capability today3.3/5

How capable experts rate current AI at this task (avg of 3 experts).

How much human involvement should stay?

The Human Agency Scale (H1–H5) captures how much human direction workers think this task should keep.

H2AI needs minimal human input

Why workers feel the way they do

  • It's repetitive33%

How to automate this

Low priority to automate, but here is the gist if you want to try.

Finding & gathering information

Make the information come to you on a schedule.

  1. 1Set up saved searches and alerts instead of checking manually (Google Alerts, feeds).
  2. 2Pull updates into one place with RSS or a no-code scraper.
  3. 3Use an AI search tool for the first pass, then verify the sources.

Tools that can help

Google Alerts / RSSBrowse AIPerplexity

Know a better way, or spot an error?

Share how you automate this in real life, or correct the data. Reviewed before publishing.

This is 1 of 9 tasks studied for Computer Network Support Specialists, where workers want 33% of tasks automated.