# TNO063: Automating Human-Centric NetOps is Finally Achievable Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fat-pipe-most-popular-packet-pushers-pods-1080895/tno063-automating-human-centric-netops-is-finally-achievable Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fat-pipe-most-popular-packet-pushers-pods-1080895/tno063-automating-human-centric-netops-is-finally-achievable.md Podcast: [The Fat Pipe - All Packet Pushers Pods](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fat-pipe-most-popular-packet-pushers-pods-1080895) Published: 2026-05-22T16:22:52+00:00 Episode link: https://packetpushers.net/podcasts/total-network-operations/tno063-automating-human-centric-netops-is-finally-achievable/ Audio file: https://feeds.packetpushers.net/link/17421/17346555/TNO063.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-fat-pipe-most-popular-packet-pushers-pods-1080895/episodes/tno063-automating-human-centric-netops-is-finally-achievable Duration seconds: 3259 ## Resource Scott sits down with Avi Freedman, CEO and co-founder of Kentik, to discuss if AI has advanced enough to automate human-centric NetOps. Together they caution against vendor hype regarding closed-loop network automation despite the progress AI has made. Avi also shares his personal experiences in the industry and the hard won lessons he learned along ... Read more » ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-fat-pipe-most-popular-packet-pushers-pods-1080895/episodes/tno063-automating-human-centric-netops-is-finally-achievable/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fat-pipe-most-popular-packet-pushers-pods-1080895/tno063-automating-human-centric-netops-is-finally-achievable.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.