the assistant

Basically, all cg animators are the directing or lead animator of our shot. The computer is our assistant. We give our assistant the keys, we give it the timing, and we let the computer fill in all of the inbetweens with the given information. I remember my first big critique after my first semester of school. My teacher had one question that he kept asking. Would you draw this? I thought..................ummmm, er no. I wouldn't draw that. Well why is it in your shot than? Well.....er......ummmmm...... the computer did it. I found out fast anything the computer does, is your fault. You control the computer, you control your animation, the computer merely does what you tell it to do.
How much work should we let the computer do than?
I know lots of animators who would say none. You do everything. They will work in stepped mode, work out there poses, work out there timing, work out there breakdowns, rework there timing, convert to spline and start working everything out again.
I say if you know what you want to do, figure out the best way to use the computer and do it.
It all comes down to how well you have your scene planned out before you start I guess.