Meanwhile at Amazon...

[rsm]

AI and robotics will expand at the automakers and fast food restaurants.

AI replacing white collar workers is accelerating. If your work involves analytics, data processing, calculations, accounting, paralegal, HR, help desks, medical technicians, administratorsetc., your days are numbered.

I've been working in AI for decades, most people have no idea what AI (and robotics) have been doing for decades. It's accelerating and costs are coming down.

Every AI project I worked on eliminated human tasks or simplified human tasks.

For now, the trades are safest place to be: mechanics, plumbers, electricians, carpenters, etc.

IMO


...and we haven't even started to utilize quantum computing...will replace/simplify higher level workers such as mid-level managers, doctors, surgeons, radiologists, etc.,
Enjoy the future.

 

[Dan Gleesak]

Glad I’m in the trades

 

[84superchamp]

Retired…..but they will figure out how to come for me.

 

[Ben Waylin]

"A robot can't steal your job if you're retired."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

 

[VonBonfire]

For now, the trades are safest place to be: mechanics, plumbers, electricians, carpenters, etc.

IMO


...and we haven't even started to utilize quantum computing...will replace/simplify higher level workers such as mid-level managers, doctors, surgeons, radiologists, etc.,
Enjoy the future.

God has a sunspot in store for mankind to solve these problems in a moment's time so I never worry about it.

Robots can't wipe butts and robots can't do maintenance and home repair work so my people are covered job wise regardless.

 

[Ben Waylin]

God has a sunspot Chinese EMP device detonated at a nadir of 25 miles above Kansas City in store for mankind to solve these problems in a moment's time so I never worry about it.

Robots can't wipe butts and robots can't do maintenance and home repair work so my people are covered job wise regardless.

 

[rsm]

God has a sunspot in store for mankind to solve these problems in a moment's time so I never worry about it.

Robots can't wipe butts and robots can't do maintenance and home repair work so my people are covered job wise regardless.

What I've learned working in tech, specifically AI and in conjunction with robotics engineers, is that all that's needed is a reason such as a reasonable cost/benefit model with ROI / value in a corresponding reasonable time frame...or a pissed off executive such as those dealing with declining sales, rising costs, supply chain issues, labor costs, labor shortages, strikes, etc.

For the trades and some unskilled manual labor the cost/benefit models don't make it worth the effort / investment.

 

[Dan Gleesak]

What I've learned working in tech, specifically AI and in conjunction with robotics engineers, is that all that's needed is a reason such as a reasonable cost/benefit model with ROI / value in a corresponding reasonable time frame...or a pissed off executive such as those dealing with declining sales, rising costs, supply chain issues, labor costs, labor shortages, strikes, etc.

For the trades and some unskilled manual labor the cost/benefit models don't make it worth the effort / investment.

I’ve used robotic lawn mowers and line painters for sports fields. They are pretty cool and I think will be very popular soon. I remember seeing unmanned grading equipment like 7 or 8 years ago too.

I think actual service techs will be safe for the longest. We are still pretty far from electrical/hvac/plumbing tech that can fully be diagnosed by computers and much much further away from parts actually being able to be physically replaced by robots. We would need a complete overhaul of how things are installed for that to happen imo

 

[VonBonfire]

I’ve used robotic lawn mowers and line painters for sports fields.

I always chuckle at the lawn mowers. I think about how I could be sipping an ice cold drink watching the mower do my work for me from my porch. Then I look at all the rock faces sticking out of the ground and realize that it's only a pipe dream.

 

[Dan Gleesak]

I always chuckle at the lawn mowers. I think about how I could be sipping an ice cold drink watching the mower do my work for me from my porch. Then I look at all the rock faces sticking out of the ground and realize that it's only a pipe dream.

Their accuracy is pretty amazing. They can’t handle rocks very well but can certainly be programmed to avoid them

 

[klugster]

Been a machinist for 30 years. Got a cushy job now. We work on robotic parts everyday. Always gonna need a tradesmen to fix the broken stuff.

 

[VonBonfire]

Their accuracy is pretty amazing. They can’t handle rocks very well but can certainly be programmed to avoid them

No doubt. But this is hill country.. Karst topography. Boulders sticking out everywhere. I threw my push mower away and use a DR string trimmer and can get some of the grass in the field. The rocks prevent access by anything but a handheld string trimmer in some areas, and you just burn through string up against sharp limestone. Those areas aren't practical to be mowed or weed wacked except by sheep and goats which is why Texas has so many of them. My neighbor dealt with the problem on his place by bringing in a hundred and fifty loads of road base, lol.

 

[Dan Gleesak]

No doubt. But this is hill country.. Karst topography. Boulders sticking out everywhere. I threw my push mower away and use a DR string trimmer and can get some of the grass in the field. The rocks prevent access by anything but a handheld string trimmer in some areas, and you just burn through string up against sharp limestone. Those areas aren't practical to be mowed or weed wacked except by sheep and goats which is why Texas has so many of them. My neighbor dealt with the problem on his place by bringing in a hundred and fifty loads of road base, lol.

I think it’s time to research controlled burning

 

[VonBonfire]

I think it’s time to research controlled burning

There is a burn ban currently, and for pretty good reason. That means only warming/cooking fires are allowed. I have a bunch of brush I need to burn when it is wetter out.