Abel founder Daniel Francis argues AI outpaces physical robotics, sparking debate over knowledge workers retraining for blue-collar trades
Engineer paula responded by asking ChatGPT to fix a sink.
Many users welcomed AI displacing white-collar jobs in favor of trades, while others rejected the idea as flooding labor markets with desperate workers or turning AI into an abusive boss.
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hey chatgpt how do i fix this sink
is it possible that AI detonates all white collar work and robots are so far off that we all just become plumbers and electricians
@growing_daniel Yes but unlikely bc email job is similar complexity to plumber. Arguably plumber is simpler to fully automate in principle
is it possible that AI detonates all white collar work and robots are so far off that we all just become plumbers and electricians

@powerbottomdad1 the machines

@growing_daniel plumbers and electricians for who?

@growing_daniel more likely we all become mixologists and $20 burger restaurant owners

@growing_daniel A lot of people are going to find out that working at a trade is harder than they thought.

@growing_daniel 🤔

@growing_daniel No, that's not really how it works, if you just have infinite intelligence at your fingertips, you solve nearly everything else for free

@growing_daniel idk whos "we all" but alot of these people are never becoming plumbers and electricians

@growing_daniel And then, once AI consumes all water and electricity... ☹️

@growing_daniel If it means it'll finally be affordable to get a plumber out to my house, then let AI detonate it all. I got reamed last time a plumber came out to do what I thought was going to be a cheap job.

@bayeslord @growing_daniel best bet is ASI will solve email job, then it'll solve the novel architectures needed for embodied world models, then we just need to build the robots from there

@growing_daniel AI will take ALL the jobs, because getting told what to do is work for AI.
Instead, everyone will have the job telling AI what to do.
Either as AI manager, or your own business.

@palm_beach_m the new economy

@growing_daniel Yes but not until after I have fulfilled my lifelong dream of collecting unemployment for as long as possible.

@growing_daniel I hope so

@growing_daniel You’ll be flipping the bourgeois burgers

@growing_daniel I’ll take it

@growing_daniel AI will be your personal asshole boss. Always in your earpod. It will cuss you out for not tightening the bolt fast enough.

@growing_daniel Both of those cannot be true at the same time