# State of Network Automation with Urs Baumann

DevFeed: [State of Network Automation with Urs Baumann](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/state-of-network-automation-with-urs-baumann-11369.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ipspace.net/2026/04/state-network-automation/>)

Published: 2026-04-24T06:41:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [ipSpace.net blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ipspace-net-blog.md>)

Topics: [Network](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/network.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [automation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/automation.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [network](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/network.md>), [network-automation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/network-automation.md>), [podcast](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/podcast.md>), [software-gone-wild](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-gone-wild.md>)

## AI overview

The author discusses the limited progress in network automation with Urs Baumann, who says he can still use the same presentation slides created a decade ago. They also discuss the potential impact of AI on network engineering after Baumann completed a master's thesis on the subject.

## Source excerpt

I stopped tracking the (lack of) progress in network automation years ago, when I realized I had nothing new to say. As an eternal optimist, I hoped I was just missing something, but Urs Baumann (the guest of Software Gone Wild Episode 206) destroyed my hopes when he said, "I can still use the same slides I created 10 years ago". On a more positive note, he recently completed his Master's thesis on AI in network engineering, so we ended with a nice chat on its potential impact. Read more ...