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popupideas t1_iy11l1p wrote

As a professional artist (past life) and owner of a trade repair company I have to disagree. Agree: yes. One day it can happen. Disagree: 80% of commercial art jobs will be replaced in particular low hanging fruit. Most articles can just generate a “good enough” piece to suit their needs. Product photography will disappear completely. Echo cal artists will go. There may be some left o. The high end but it will be more of ai writer. Hell, corporate web copy is almost completely ai generated for smaller companies.

But. I need to repair the fault on an elevator. Unless there is a built in system to self diagnose (and the have no real reason to do so) external diagnosis is difficult. Then to manipulate the current systems would embolden high levels of dexterity through multiple passenger safety systems. Then determine to location and means of access which can vary extensively. As well as maintain the system for public safety. Once accessed fine motor manipulation as well as continued diagnostics. And that doesn’t take into account that there are several dozen different systems per several dozen different manufacturers that intentionally cause obsolescence.

Will it happen? Sure. Maybe. 50-100 years. We are more likely to have ai deal with resource management and design than repair.

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