All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace

In “All Watched over by Machines of Loving Grace”, Richard Brautigan creates an account of what could potentially be should technology develop at the rate it is now. His bias, while on the surface very pro-technology, seems almost exaggerated, making it somewhat sarcastic and therefore less enthusiastic about technology than originally perceived.
Brautigan repeats at the beginning of each stanza that the sooner mankind is “watched over by machines of loving grace”, the better. The insistence of this sentiment overemphasizes its content and instead of advocating it makes it seem quite silly. The ending of the poem, a reiteration of the title, is a paradox. What differs man from machine is man’s innate ability to feel. Even if/when artificial intelligence becomes feasible, a machine can never do anything in “loving grace”. It simply does what it is programmed to do. By presenting what a machine can never do, Brautigan forces the reader to rethink the viability of machine and man coexisting in “mutually programming harmony”.
Alternatively, Brautigan is simply impatient for technology to develop to the point where it replaces the living workforce so that man can live life fulfilling his most primitive instincts like his “mammal brothers and sisters”. In this case, the author is very blatant about his desires.
I believe that Brautigan is trying to say that a society that relies too heavily on technology is detrimental. His enthusiasm seems too exaggerated to be taken literally and the impossibility of a machine doing something in loving grace makes me think that he means quite the opposite of the poem’s surface value.