Yep. The people betting on robots for field work have clearly never fought a 40 year-old bolt that refuses to turn.

It’s true, the dynamics are much more nuanced than most give credit outside of such labors. I’ve been in construction for over 20 years, it will be very difficult to replace humans in some aspects. In others, like grading, it has already started because lasers and gps are very common in construc...

When I think about what an electrician has to do (in a home) might involve carpentry in addition to their electrical work. They have to find where wires lead. They might consult with a homeowner regarding the placement of a light fixture or outlet. They clean up after themselves. Seems all very ...

As a 4 generation family pool remodeling company I completely agree. You can’t google what we know and every job is different.

There's a reason they kick you off a jobsite if you're drunk. In the trades, ten unskilled hands do not replace one skilled hand. Robots are not only unskilled, but move like they are drunk.

Yes. The only realistic way I can see residential blue collar work being automated is if houses are built specifically to be serviced by robots in the future. As it stands, there is no planet where a robot could service existing homes.

We're 10+ years into robotic vacuum cleaners and they still suck, but in two days from now were going to send a robot to fix the plumbing of your house 👌

Not in old (beautiful) housing stock. Maybe new builds on mars if that’s what we’re aiming for.

You think those robots can drink 6-8 beers after work? Doubt it.

Was at a restaurant yesterday, first time I have had a robot deliver food unaccompanied by a human.

True. You can break down hard jobs into smaller, easy tasks and those can and will get replaced quicker. Block by block. I’m just curious how fast it’ll go… since honestly, nobody has a fucking clue.

Agree.

I think you're already seeing it with Helix Robots in BMW factories. Repetitive tasks, that don't require ingenuity, can be replaced quicker than for example that robot doing tasks in the house. Primarily cause of the controlled setting. Jobs on factory floors that require managing and using a div...

🎯 Robots are already doing the hard parts. (Back hoes, etc) We're decades (if ever) away from the human elements being replaced.

Ever seen an electrician do basic jobs? What do you think? We are just gonna jump from 0 to building data centers with robots? Baby steps. Put your eyes on the Chinese. It will start there first.

As a wood boi: Cnc can only do the most basic shit. Yr telling me i need a $100k machine and a $80k/yr specialist employee to do what a $70k/yr guy can do alone? That dont math

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I think vast groups of people are still very disconnected from vast groups of other people.

AI will also not replace the office work nearly as fast as has been hyped.

This. And Most people who replace or worry about robots replacing jobs don’t actually understand how things work.

Seems to me that AI is replacing white collar faster than robots are replacing blue collar.

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HVAC REPAIRMAN IS ALWAYS NEEDED, A ROBOT CANT REPLACE US

regardless, humans are being pushed to the edge cases of even skilled work. And the ancillary roles are cooked with ai (estimator, project manager, quant surveyor). I would ofc heavily discount a total displacement of skilled labour, but you might be surprised how much manual work will be saturate...

I manage multiple concrete crews and I guarantee these are the LAST jobs getting replaced by robots and AI… 🤣

All I've seen robots do is dance Which is barely interacting with the real world

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