Or more simply:   “distrust people who make sweeping pronouncements.”   (Especially if they have the capacity to assign homework.)

I also have learned to be skeptical about words like “automatic” in almost any computer related discussion.   The term implies “intelligence” or “reasoning,” when in fact the only process that a digital computer is capable of is the execution of an algorithm.   The actual, pragmatic usefulness of the notion is much less than what has been hyped.   (Pity.)

Heh.   You’ve seen the joke, somewhere on YouTube I am sure ... first field-test of a bionic arm ... (insert Three Stooges clip here) ... “Let’s go.   No, wait!   Wait!   Wait!!   Aaargh!!   Turn it off!   Turn it off!!”

:-D   Automation isn’t everything.

It certainly is a useful concept.   I know it extremely well and am fond of it myself.   It greatly increases the capacity of the compiler to generate warning and error-messages at compile time.   But the hype is hyperbole.