The Trades have the Deep State on their side.
They love it, and vote for it at every step.
Regulations.
Licensing.
Local Laws.
Limited product availability.
That’s why it costs $400 for 12 ft of black pipe with a shutoff valve.
Right of Repair should come to all Homeowners.
I’ll sit back and wait for all the Grifting Trades Folks to chime in.
Mike Rowe has been pleading with us to re-populate the trades - really just about the only AI-proof jobs.
Somehow I don’t think this will lead to the Star Trek Utopia where machines do *ALL* the hard work, leaving mankind free to pursue enrichment through arts, the sciences, sports, exploration, and just plain recreation, due to the enormous wealth generated by automata and distributed freely to any and all citizens.
Other things can lower the value of my trade but AI won’t.
The answer is to deport illegals.
Unfortunately, Trump flip-flopped and is now advancing amnesty instead.
its like mechanical looms of the 1700s, tractors of the 1800s, or machine presses of the 1900s
Its a disruptive technological advancement which can’t move faster than the economy, society or capital availability, and will eventually get worked into the labor market
I look forward to robots who can staff nursing homes to eliminate the need to import more illegal aliens to change our diapers and curb the elder abuse that goes with it, and ditto for insane asylums so we can get the homeless crazies off the streets.
It also does not exist.
And probably never will.
LOL. We’ll see about that. I think the days of an Optimus robot showing up at your house to fix the toilet are decades away at the earliest.
The “robots will replace everyone” now sounds like the “cars will fly like airplanes—like the Jetsons” of the past.
UberRepair
AI believes that you need the following done
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at an UberRepair book rate of $312.
Bob-available now-80% of UberRepair book rates
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Jimmy-available ~5pm-75% of UberRepair book rates
[photo][rating][qualifications][credentials][reviews]
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Everybody has an opinion but no one knows how this will go. I do know that buggy whip manufacturers are rare these days. AI is just another step in a long progression.
Amazing AI Plumbing Supply
Your photo looks to be of a leaky 22-year-old faucet.
Our suggested replacements
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Open the cabinet doors and take a picture underneath sink.
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HandyMan AI
You’ve got a bad plumbing leak, with mold damage.
Let me guide you.
Turn off the water. Your building plans indicate the shutoff valve is in the right corner of your garage....
AI is massively being hyped: Pump-N-Dump.
When construction runs into a mysterious plumbing problem in one of their tract houses, the don’t send a construction plumber to go do the detective work and the complex repair.
AI Architect
AI Building Inspector
All this AI talk makes me think of the late fifties and early sixties. Soothsayers predicted that economic growth would be in recreation, because automation would afford people so much leisure time.
Yeah, right.
AI plant propagator
Yeah, well most electricians i know can power down that computer that runs the AI programs. Problem solved