A task performed by Computer Network Support Specialists
Research hardware or software products to meet technical networking or security needs.
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.
Do you want this task automated?
How much the people who do this task want AI to take it over (avg of 3 workers).
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.
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.
- 1Set up saved searches and alerts for the sources you check to research hardware or software products to meet technical networking or security needs (Google Alerts, feeds).
- 2Pull updates into one place with RSS or a no-code scraper.
- 3Use an AI search tool for the first pass, then verify the sources.
Tools that can help
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This is 1 of 9 tasks studied for Computer Network Support Specialists, where workers want 33% of tasks automated.
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