What to I do? I’m a construction worker. Yeah I work construction. Early in the morning I press this button on my phone to start the robots. Then I run around with this brush and backup vacuum cleaning all the rolling surfaces. Yup, that’s construction alright!
AI-powered 20 foot robots coming for construction workers' jobs
Submitted 1 month ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/26/aipowered_robots_construction/
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altphoto@lemmy.today 1 month ago
DrunkenPirate@feddit.org 1 month ago
What do I do? I‘m a cooker. Yeah I cook meals. Early in the morning I press this button and meals get ready and dishes cleaned and served. That’s cooking today.
I love it old school. Cooking on a stove, cleaning dishes by hand and peeling vegetables manually. Automation is evil, you know, it takes jobs. That’s why I cook on a stove
altphoto@lemmy.today 1 month ago
Lol, you don’t love modern cooking… Go to Amazon and buy a new one when the old one burns out?
j0ester@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I was at a conference, and they were making AI-based vehicles around boat docks - since they said they couldn’t find workers to drive trucks everyday in the port. And also, they were discussing about AI machines doing way more than just 1 thing (like what we currently have).
echodot@feddit.uk 1 month ago
I know they already have AI controlled cargo container cranes (the big square ones you see at docks). That’s a pretty easy task to automate since the manifest will already contain all of the information about all of the containers.
lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
sommerset@thelemmy.club 1 month ago
They keep trying that but they are not working out. Like all those pancakes concrete house printers. Just failing
DrunkenPirate@feddit.org 1 month ago
Well done. It’s needed so urgent. Craftman still work like in the 60-90ies. They are sooo old school. And call it „tradition“.
If they use a laser for measuring things, that‘s advanced. If they use a smartphone and digital apps for notes and customer contact (instead of pen and manual notebook) that’s advanced. Wtf.
I had quite many craftman in my house last years and it’s unbelievable how they work nowadays. Two of them even didn‘t send me a final invoice. Well, that’s stupid backoffice work. Many couldn‘t send me an offering after having a (time consuming) site visit at my house. One showed up twice because he lost his paper with the measurements. And didn‘t send an offering.
Nono, I lost all my respect about any modern capabilities of craftman. It’s insanely old schooled.
Coming back to the 3d printer: How is construction building up a house nowadays? One after the other is doing their work. Nobody thinks ahead. How do they lay out pipes, lighting or power lines? By cutting into the wall. Why? Because of tradition. Any documentation? With pen and notebook? No way. How laying tiles in a bathroom? Showing up with a stack of tiles and cut it one by one. Laser measure it first and cut ahead at their shop to save time? Well, the leaning walls and tradition, they will answer.
I do not wonder that building up houses became insanely costly.
Sorry for my rant. But my experience were just eyeblowing and frustrating. (And as my mother was a craftman I know that matter a bit)
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I was disappointed when this didn’t turn into satire.
DrunkenPirate@feddit.org 1 month ago
I‘m very sorry. Just a frustrated guy
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Fake news.
MrAlternateTape@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Yea, well…for the heavy lifting it could be nice. But I’m not letting AI build my house.
Lifting heay crap to the roof or something like that? Sure. That is what machines are good at.
Welding? Well welding robots have existed for long time, they just need to programmed perfectly. I’ve worked with a couple of them, the results are not always consistent and they required some quality checks. It is easier. Manual welding takes more skill and takes longer. I just don’t need the AI part though. That makes it unpredictable. And if I let a robot do something, it should be predictable.
I do woodworking and fixing around the house. Even when building new stuff, there are always issues that you have to solve on the spot. Walls that are not straight, angles that are not perfect, spaces you cannot reach et cetera.
As long as AI does not get it 100% right every time it is not touching my house. And yes, a professional doesn’t reach that rate either, but at least they know and doublecheck themselves and know how to fix things.