True. I totally see your point: not everything that could be automated should be automated and everyone is likely to have a different idea of what tasks are good candidates for automation.
I do, however, feel that this proposal is worth considering for two reasons. First, it does not take player agency away. You can chose to use it or not, it might make life easier or you can opt to avoid it. Second, it is focused on automating what I feel is a secondary function of the game, something that most do just because they have to in order to accomplish X, X being what they are really wanting.