as in automated
designed to replace or decrease human labor and especially physical labor
self-acting machines that were ushered in with the industrial revolution
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Entity Detection, for example, is an automated way to detect an issue or problem and then route the ticket to an agent based on skill level, workload capacity, and other factors.—
John Brandon,
PC Magazine,
6 Mar. 2026 -
For months, callers to the Washington state Department of Licensing who have requested automated service in Spanish have instead heard an AI voice speaking English in a strong Spanish accent.—
Cedar Attanasio,
Fortune,
2 Mar. 2026
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The Aggies received an automatic bid to the tournament after beating San Diego State in the Mountain West Conference tournament.—
Tom Ignudo,
CBS News,
16 Mar. 2026
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The Phoenix were the Horizon League regular-season champion and earned the conference’s automatic berth by beating Youngstown State for the league’s tournament championship.—
John Shipley,
Twin Cities,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Self-acting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-acting. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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