At what point does AI automation actually save time instead of creating more work?

I've started wondering about this because sometimes I’m not sure whether I’m automating a task or just creating another task for myself.

Set up the workflow. Connect everything. Fix it when something goes wrong. Check what it did. Then check it again because you don't fully trust it yet.

At that point, I’m thinking... was this actually faster?

Maybe I'm looking at it the wrong way, but I feel like there's a big difference between AI doing something for you and AI actually taking something off your plate.

For those of you actually using AI automation, what has been worth it for you?

And what's one automation you ended up getting rid of because it created more work than it saved?