I am a self-employed finish carpenter, electrician, tiler, painter, drywaller, flooring guy, appliance installer, etc. 35+ years in, make good bux. Mostly work for rich boomer retirees. AI aint gonna replace my crusty ass. Can robots do it someday? Maybe in 10 years. By then I will probably be dead. If not, I will tend bar, or become a hobo.
I also play various instruments with a few bands a few times a month. Live music has slowed down but will never die, esp. in tourist areas. AI can suck my fat hawg.
AI in its current form isn't going to affect much with jobs that deal with in-situ tasks.
The problem then becomes whether you can outsource chunks of work. Prefab homes, etc can can a huge portion of the work away, even if it doesn't take everything. And eventually you could automate prefabs with robots. You'll never completely remove the human component but you can significantly reduce worm opportunity.
The more robustly advanced this automation becomes, instead of needing 100 carpenters, maybe it's down to 50, etc.
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AI in its current form isn't going to affect much with jobs that deal with in-situ tasks.
The problem then becomes whether you can outsource chunks of work. Prefab homes, etc can can a huge portion of the work away, even if it doesn't take everything. And eventually you could automate prefabs with robots. You'll never completely remove the human component but you can significantly reduce worm opportunity.
The more robustly advanced this automation becomes, instead of needing 100 carpenters, maybe it's down to 50, etc.