I completely agree. I don't think the only value in AI is to totally replace humans, but rather automate the boring and costly parts that don't require a ton of thinking.

In my field of AI in radiology, I see a lot of people trying to completely automate things that don't have to be, and thereby fail to innovate on the particularly hard parts. Sometimes it's better to just have a human somewhere in the loop to make the harder judgement calls.