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No, it wasn't.
It was to speed access to data. Unless you have some evidence the researchers who work with electromechanics at the time were thinking "how can we replace humans", rather than "how can we represent 80 columns of data electromechanically?"
No need for this nonsensical hyperbole.
I mean, I'm sure cost savings on labour were noticed as well. And that's not a bad thing.