A lot of things are semi-automated, as in I have a script / specialized software to handle them, but I still run them by hand. I have a paperweight suitable for holding down the enter key which comes in handy sometimes.
I use the repeating events feature in Google Calendar a lot, that seems to mystify people who think I put them all in by hand.
The automation people seem to fall into a few camps: smart home, enterprise data, and vacation. The last is referring to the sort of people who build a business, hire some low-paid folks to do all the work "automatically", and take a vacation. This seems like cheating to me but whatever.