[aronpye]

We’ll always need plumbers, electricians, builders, mechanics. At least until general AI becomes a thing. A lot of jobs will be eroded by automation except those above in the mean time.

I don’t foresee AI becoming advanced enough to be able to plan out and build most residential homes in the next 30 or so years. Maybe after that it’ll be good enough to design basic / common homes. Same goes for the hardware and control systems needed for fine motor control for those jobs.

I also don’t see AI replacing most software engineers or STEM based jobs until general AI becomes a thing either. I can see testing probably being the first thing to go.

Fundamental physics will always be fundamental ;) and you can build up to most things from first principles.