Electricians

andy (Likely) says

As an electrician's apprentice, I can see how pre-fabrication AI could easily steal away the standard rough-in methods during construction. Residential housing can be streamlined easily since big developers are making the same design for 200,000 homes they build. If a standard was set that pre-fab components were to be used and shipped to the location, you wouldn't need people to wire it up.

Dave (No chance) says

Maybe to assist with pulling wire and conduit bending perhaps. Don't think AI will replace electricians

Thomas Bach (No chance) says

Not a chance. I’m an industrial electrician working in the automotive industry. I’m taking care of about 100 robots ( I’m responsible for my 3 manufacturing lines ) and there’s no way any robot today can do what we do. Line operators are being replaced by robots but at the same time, there’s a need for more trades. Let’s be honest, somebody has to fix them. I think I’ll be able to retire safely. It will be a major jump in technology before robots can fix other robots in industrial applications.

yo lads (No chance) says

too hard to put a robot on a roof and not fall thru it, not happening anytime soon

Jake D (No chance) says

Understanding electrical theory and the intricacies associated with it when you’re working in physical environments is way beyond what machines can do. Static electricity accumulates, grounds are needed, and a whole lot of work is put into just insulating and making electricity safe to interact with. As a lineman apprentice, I can’t imagine there’ll be a machine that can process all of that, let alone be physically capable of performing all the tasks associated with electrical work. It’s a pretty interdisciplinary field that requires a lot of critical thinking, a lot of consideration of your environment, and is incredibly dangerous.

Personally, I don’t think you can really assess the ability of this field to be automated unless you understand the actions we take to avoid getting shocked, to avoid breaking things, and the volume of equipment we use. It takes two years in trade school and four years in an apprenticeship to create a qualified electrician and even then, they are always learning. Expecting machines to pick up this work within even forty years, assuming technology keeps progressing linearly, is pretty unlikely.

I hope I’m not jinxing myself here but this does seem pretty stupid. I’m a smart guy and I routinely feel like an idiot on the job because there’s just so much to grasp and handle. Expecting a machine to be able to understand, let alone contextualize, and further implement this information is completely fantastical.

Kade (No chance) says

When electricians, plumbers, and HVAC mechanics are automated, no one will have a job.

Anthony Hallam (Small chance) says

theirs no way a robot has the dexterity to wire, and it doesn't even have the brain to spot a problem

1 (Small chance) says

In my opinion, the electrician is too complicated a job for robots, and in addition, the tasks of an electrician sometimes involve repairing robots, motors, or other types of machines. :)

Sam (No chance) says

Highly dextrous job involving customer interaction, this will not be fully automated for some time.

frank (No chance) says

nope, no chance its a trade

anonymous (No chance) says

Electricians make complex decisions unique to individual situations and perform complex motor tasks which would be impossible to practically replicate with a robot. Truly no need to worry about this occupation becoming obsolete.

Joe (No chance) says

If they can manufacture robots to do complex work and have the mobility to do an electricians work then no one will have a job.

Nate (No chance) says

This job and other trade/construction jobs would require significant AI, and by the time we reach that the singularity will have passed, making the concept of "jobs" as we understand them obsolete.

Jesse ready (No chance) says

I make anywhere from 300 to 1000 decisions per day based on extremely particular job circumstance. I would understand if the number were based on production electrician or one who is employed to troubleshoot the same piece of equipment everyday.

Anonymous (Small chance) says

In my mind electrician is too complicated work to be taken by robots , moreover electrician duties are sometimes involved with repairing robots ,engines or other kinds of machines. :)

Jesse the electrician says

I agree. Even IF there was a way to replace every aspect of what an electrician does they would still be needed to maintain the machines. The only thing I can see robots replacing is wire pulling. Other than that I’d say I picked a safe industry.

anon (No chance) says

Will be one of the last professions to be automate especially in service. Definitely not an accountant.

Tom (No chance) says

Electricians will be needed to fix robots

john says

make it lowers