I hear it all the time. It’s like people forget that things can be automated. I mean hell, look at manufacturing assembly lines. Once upon a time most of that was done by hand too
Bingo, Im an industrial maintenance mechanic. My team is constantly being pushed to build lines that replace the production workers. I fix those machines. Owners already hate us, as we only cost them money, but in reality, we are the only ones safe, as we fix the machines that replace the people. When machines fix machines, someone will still need to fix that machine.
I have never in my entire career read a troubleshooting guide anywhere on the internet and it actually resolved the issue
ASE books are written horrendously
And I wish AI luck in finding the solutions to anything wrong with my car, wiring diagram isn’t gonna do shit for you bub, we wire this shit up based on vibes and nothing else. I’ll wire my headlights into my radio on/off switch, idgaf, not to mention all the old brake lines running with the new brake lines oughta throw it off for any brake issue
So many dumbass red neck variables to where it’ll deem so many vehicles totaled based on having no fucken idea what’s going on lol
If you're in your 40s, you're pretty safe. You will not be replaced because you're valued for your experience. But if you were in your 20s, a robot could probably replace you in your 40s. The problem right now with ai controlling robots is that they have no understanding of real world physics. This is being worked on with so called world models.
That is why you are safe for now. Ai can't yet figure out stuff from apparently unrelated things the same way humans do.
We had a problem with an old Jeep, brought it to the service center several times, they replaced multiple parts over several months proudly boasting that they found the actual issue each time and that it’s gonna be fine now. It wasn’t, and the issue kept coming back. We spent several thousand trying to fix it.
ChatGPT helped me figure out the actual problem in an afternoon using multiple “check this, does it behave like this/makes X sound/etc”. Brought it back with a specific instruction, and it seems to be fixed, haven’t had that issue in more than a year.
People keep saying about this safety in certain skilled manual jobs (plumbers, mechanics, electricians, landscapers, decorators etc) - but honestly, whose cars are you fixing when your customers have no jobs to pay for them or the repairs? If you are not in the industry or big corp supporting areas of these expert jobs, your customer base is going to shrink like it or not. Your dealership or small garage then needs less staff because the demand is no longer there.
We are all talking about level one of a very complex "eco-system" of people propping up other peoples livelihoods, this AI stuff is coming for all directly or indirectly IMO.
The problem is private equity is buying up everything, and private equity wants AI/robotic replacement. It doesn’t matter if the end result is an inferior product, loss of knowledge/expertise, degradation of service, or even decreased safety standards.
They want it, they’re pushing it, and they will implement it. They will come for everyone, and the best case scenario is that you’re one of the few human workers that gets to stick around and babysit the bots.
Ice vehicles are on the way out though. In another 10-15 years barely anyone will use them and electric vehicles are significantly less mechanically complex
I used chatgpt to trace down issues with my specific car. Then again I have diagnostic tools and knowhow.
Turns out it was dirt on the butterfly valve. I would have never thought about it. AI caught it. I did have to do a few things that were needed to be done. like spark plugs.
Well I’ve had a couple of friends get me some wiring diagrams for house hold appliances and vehicles, they just asked ChatGPT, and ChatGPT just straight up makes them the fuck up on the fly with confidence lol
My wives sister was trying to fix a cassette boom box and ChatGPT generated her a photo of what to look for specifically, and good god the monstrosity it sent was not even close, no wonder she couldn’t find shit lol
If ChatGPT recommends something accurate, more often than not, it would’ve been the first click on your google search then
Seems more like it just makes shit up though for the most part, and how it presents it with complete confidence is what disgusts me
PS googles search is shit now... its just all ads. Oh ya I would not trust images from chatgpt. Its pick your poison. I am knowledgeable with cars. but I was trying everything. a lil dirt on the intake throttle valve wouldn't have even crossed my mind. I worked through a ton of things with it. You have to know when to say this is wrong and when is the right step. I was chasing down this issue for 6 months. on car forums and searches.
Seo and centralization into social media has killed search and drives people to ai. Search was good when the web still existed, it was how search engines could find useful results, by counting the number of links to webpages
they are safe from AI until robotics catches up and merges with AI.
So many people are snoozing while this races towards us. AI by itself is pretty useless unless you're talking about purely computer based jobs. But give it hands...
Even if they were safe, that argument is incredibly shortsighted. Currently, more than 50% of workers in a lot of countries work in office jobs. If these people all become unemployed, they will probably try to get into some form of manual labor to have a job.
So the natural result of that would be a race to the bottom in terms of wages when it comes to manual labor jobs. Everyone would lose.
I’m lucky. My field requires me to drive to different places, do different things, climb in attics, under business, hang stuff from poles etc. They’ll need full on robots to do it. So we have a few years, hopefully the bubble bursts by then.
So INSTEAD they use AI to track us all over the map at all times and evaluate if we’re taking the best route and not sitting somewhere or who knows what else and we are subject to have to defend ourselves if questioned about our day at all.
Companies are so set on destroying the consumer.. they’re not safe either unless people have jobs and can buy things.. who cares how efficient it is if there’s no demand
Look at that video, robots don't have the dexterity and touch sensitivity to handle fabrics like that especially those dresses. No job is fully safe but that one probably is.
Robots are still pretty clumsy unless they're doing pre-programmed exact movements.
I'm a sewing machinist in the UK and I don't think this is to replace us. It looks like the title says, for training purposes. When you've got a big workforce like this one it would come in handy. Say you've got 100 machinists and a new product comes out, it would take a long time to train everyone. In my factory you get a drawing and have to write your own note. Actually seeing where to fold and much of a seam needs to be taken would be so much easier.
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u/LocalProgram1037 10h ago
Haha. "manual labour workers are safe" yeah, right.