> but there is already a significant amount of automation for the mechanical parts.
Right -- and there can be ordinary, boring, individual scrutiny of what those pieces do, and data/code fixes for them.
I mean, it's no small amount of irony that the systems lawyers use are close to the kinds of "expert systems" that dominated AI development after the first AI winter.
There are many parts of the job that are somewhat mechanical, but there is already a significant amount of automation for the mechanical parts.