Automation is the logical adaptation of artificial intelligence in everyday life and business. What I’m about to mention is important, and if you haven’t heard of it before, I highly recommend studying it on your own: the possibilities provided by modern automation mechanics are truly limitless.
Among entrepreneurs, there’s a saying: laziness is the engine of progress. I am no exception. There are several ways to get rid of routine tasks, and the most obvious one is hiring a new employee. But what if the budget doesn’t allow for that? If the processes are not critical, we, like burlaks, take them upon ourselves with the thought: I’ll do it myself. And then, suddenly, we realize that we have so much free time that we don’t even have time to eat.
Many of our followers are familiar with the mechanics of working in a node environment (Slate in Max, Fusion in DaVinci, ComfyUI for neuro-enthusiasts). Now imagine that in such an environment, a step-by-step workflow is formed with Google Sheets, accounting, SEO, content, Telegram, prohibited content, etc. We are talking about tens of thousands of familiar applications and online services that have open APIs. And work with all of them can be automated according to your scenarios. Previously, you needed to know Java or Python for this; now you need AI, logic, and knowledge of basic tools.
A simple example: shorts. This epidemic affects everyone—from children to the elderly. What if I told you that a huge chunk of this content is gathered automatically without human involvement? The selection of viral topics, scripts, generation, attribution, and publication—all of this is gathered into one pipeline that works around the clock.
Or a very simple scenario: you dictate a task to your Telegram bot; AI recognizes your voice, extracts the date, topic, format, and adds the completed task to my favorite to-do list—Things on macOS. It doesn’t have built-in AI functionality, but automation provides such capabilities.
It is impossible to describe all the working scenarios and areas of application within this article; there are tens of thousands available openly. An automator is a new old profession that neural networks have breathed new life into since around 2023, radically lowering the entry threshold. Oh, brave new world!
PS The last time I was this happy was when I started getting results in SD.