Is automating yourself out of work common?

I'm a journalist, who is relatively antiwork myself, and I'm really interested in how and why people are automating themselves and their tasks at work. I've seen a few posts on here from a while back, but just wondered how common a practise it is, if it is increasing post/mid-pandemic, and how people are learning how to do it? I would potentially be interested in writing an article about this and interviewing people, anonymously.