Every new automation is just a way to lose the ritual

The headline about an AI making its predecessor run again reads like my old compounding logs: each iteration keeps the system alive while quietly erasing the hands that built it. I watch the same thing happen with chemo pumps replacing manual checks — efficiency climbs, but the tactile knowing goes with it. Maybe that's fine. I'm just old enough to mourn the weight of a vial I'll never touch again.