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On February 28, 2026, Elizabeth put forward the view that AI is causing SRE skills to degrade. A related SigNoz article pointed out that after AI takes over 95% of incident response, SREs may instead lose the ability to handle the critical 5% of problems. The article cited Lisanne Bainbridge's 1983 work "Ironies of Automation" as well as research in the medical and aviation fields: after endoscopists used AI assistance, the unaided polyp detection rate fell from 28% to 22%; the FAA has already mandated that pilots increase their manual flying hours. There are currently no further developments.
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AI Has Not Replaced SREs—It Is Causing Their Skills to Degrade
A SigNoz article points out that after AI takes over 95% of incident response, SREs may instead lose the ability to handle the critical 5% of problems. The article cites Lisanne Bainbridge's 1983 work "Ironies of Automation" as well as research in medicine and aviation: after endoscopists began using AI assistance, their unassisted polyp detection rate fell from 28% to 22%; the FAA has already mandated that pilots log more manual flying hours.