A blue-collar bloodbath is inevitable

The Hill ^ | 08/11/25 12:30 PM ET | by John Mac Ghlionn, opinion contributor

[vpintheak]

Decades and decades away. Well After I am dead and gone, and probably after my kids are gone too.
There’s zero chance a robot will be digging into things and figuring out what’s wrong with plumbing, and electrical circuits. No way it could figure out how to properly frame something if it’s a little off.
Blue collar skilled work is safe for a long, long time.

[normbal]

Nope, aluminum batteries, or some other tech that hasn’t yet been invented.
It railroads when it’s railroad time.

[GingisK]

I do know that buggy whip manufacturers are rare these days.

It is also likely those will return post-collapse.

[grey_whiskers]

Pure wishful thinking.

AI hallucinates about 1/3 of the time.

When dealing with mechanical items, that can be fatal.

[Westbrook]

You'll recall that O'Brien in TNG and DS9 was portrayed as constantly overworked, no matter how numerous his crew.

Indeed!

DS9 was my favorite Star Trek series, with Enterprise a close second.