> get some real world skills finally, as those aren't yet replaced by frontier AI.
replyI would not bet on our physical skills that much. The models are coming after the carpenters real hard.
As someone who has been actively building houses, workshops, tiny houses etc for last several years (as an owner-builder), I'm confident custom building has a pretty strong moat around it. If you are talking about factory type carpentry, ie. making the same table etc over and over - sure. But, managing and working on an active house building site with dozens of moving parts and different regulated trades needing to be timed, managed etc - I just cannot see robots tackling this effectively any time soon. I can definitely see robots inside home prefabrication factories though in the not so distant future.
replyFor as fast and remarkable that AI has taken over coding and math I would have said the same exact thing about my profession even 5 years ago and I'm listening to you and hoping you're right but it's very unsettling what has been accomplished and I'm not even sure if your confidence is merited.
replyI have no real familiarity with carpentry, but I would have naively assumed it was at lower risk of automation. A quick search didn’t yield any contrary results. Would you mind elaborating on this?
replyGet into cooking. Every autonomous kitchen startup ends up bailing because it is too hard.
replySee HUMXN (interesting name choice) as an example
replyhttps://runtimewire.com/article/humxn-free-home-repair-robot...
You are buying a few years but AGI embodied in robotics isn't that far out. It might come sooner than we think if the labs fully crack recursive self improvement.
replyGet into carpentry because you enjoy it, not because you think it'll be a lifeboat!
> Get into carpentry because you enjoy it, not because you think it'll be a lifeboat!
replyExactly my original point.
And then you can build yourself a lifeboat!
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