It is still curious though as far as what is actually being automated?

I find huge value in these models as an augmentation of my intelligence and as a kind of cybernetic partner.

I can't think of anything that can actually be automated though in terms of white collar jobs.

The white collar model test case I have in mind is a bank analyst under a bank operations manger. I have done both in the past but there is something really lacking with the idea of the operations manager replacing the analyst with a reasoning model even though DeepSeek annihilates every bank analyst reasoning I ever worked with right now.

If you can't even arbitrage the average bank analyst there might be these really non-intuitive no AI arbitrage conditions with white color work.