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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ha. I was just encouraging my son to consider becoming an electrician or plumber, focusing on those trade certifications first then picking up a advanced college degrees when he’s 40.

This was after a conversation with a plumber who is hired who was telling me about his multiple properties. [/quote]

I wonder if this is the same plumber I recently had by: the man could not shut up about his multiple real estate developments. It definitely made the bill sting more.

Nothing wrong with trades as a career (my dad is a repairman; I kinda wish I was an electrician) but these older people with multiple properties largely have them because of the economy and property prices at the time they were entering the property ladder. And, if they own the business, a little bit of creativity at tax time  :lol: [/quote]

[b]If AI can instruct people how to be their own lawyer, it can certainly instruct people on how to run a wire or install a pipe.[/b][/quote]

The hard part of plumbing and electrical work is not so much the how, it's actually physically doing the work correctly and understanding what's currently there before starting.

The casual, naive arrogance of the bolded above is one thing that I hate about this area.  Based on people I know, lawyers who assume that they can do plumbing or electrical work with no experience tend to be great at turning small jobs into very big and expensive jobs.
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No reason a visual AI can’t do all of this. Plumbers will just be like those level 1 techs who have to have someone else on the phone instructing them the entire time they’re installing your office copier or whatever.[/quote]

Plumbing needs physical strength, assembling  materials and physical labor. Some people can’t do it. Anybody can be a lawyer with AI as long as they can type.[/quote]
Whatever helps you sleep at night…[/quote]
Np. Just for an experiment, go disconnect your toilet from the water supply, then reassemble it. Lol, good luck. I've met many people who can't twist a washer onto a bolt without partially stripping it, now do that upside down reaching around the underneath of the toilet. There will nevet be a robot AI that will come to your house to do that for you more cheaply than a person. And if you can't figure it out by watching youtube videos, the addition of an AI assistant won't help.[/quote]

So true. If you can’t do it with YouTube you just can’t do it. AI is just going to show you, you know, what YouTube told it. [/quote]
The point isn’t that AI will let everyone be their own plumber. It’s that a company can undercut normal plumbers’ rates by sending low paid handymen out and having AI guide them on how to do the plumbing.[/quote]

I can hire an incompetent handyman with a YouTube connection now! [/quote]

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