Re:Most AI value will come from broad automation, not from R&D
by goatlover on Sunday March 23, 2025 @02:13PM
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That's just for new construction though. What about all the existing homes that need repairs?
Re:Most AI value will come from broad automation, not from R&D
by tucnak on Sunday March 23, 2025 @02:48PM
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Well, there's going to be less of those. As construction industry is further incentivised to use more efficient methods and materials for their plumbing, driven by the ever-competitive housing market (that would likely see a crash in our lifetime, you know?) making the point moot. I think nobody is delusional that there's blue ocean in plumbing, or some hidden plumbing Renaissance of human labour. Do people even want to do manual plumbing in the first place?
Re:Most AI value will come from broad automation, not from R&D
by thatcat on Sunday March 23, 2025 @03:31PM
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Good luck given the codes in place for all these things, not to mention trade unions.
Re:Most AI value will come from broad automation, not from R&D
by tucnak on Monday March 24, 2025 @09:05AM
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The unions only protect employees from the employer, not the market. The point of contention here is whether modern-day trade school could ever provide that which they say they do—career security, that is. Nobody dreams about becoming a plumber when they're little. Clue
I can see a drain plumbing system that maps out a new construction home and some sort of automated robot that builds out large sections of pipe. It wouldn't completely eliminate the plumber. But it'd change it from something like measuring, cutting, and gluing 100 times to walking around with a camera for 5 minutes and then gluing 10 things together.