So, once the automation is up, what are we building?
I mean, we could make a sensor array by having a circuit that generates <Divination effect desired>, that is wired through a paraplegic gnome we stuck in a Flux, which the Intelligence in control of the circuit then uses to sense things.
And, thanks to the wealth of different illusion options...
We could build the Holodeck if we wanted to; you could even kill someone with it, if the Grammarist is a high enough level...
Hmm... Just thought of an awesome steering system; the circuit in the control area of the craft generates a precise illusion of the are around the craft, scaled to the pilot. There is another circuit with an Intelligence that translates the mental impulses of the pilot into controls for the engines and weapons.
If you wanted to make your ship harder to steal, set it up to be steered by a creature with Tremorsense and Mindsight.