[SkyPuncher]

> There's little reason that constructing new housing cannot be automated to the degree that car construction is automated

I strongly disagree with this. I watch several general contractors on Youtube. They come across as smart, educated individuals. They frequently talk about the things they do to save time or optimize. Yet, it's obvious that huge portions of their job still involve on the fly decision making.

You might be able to automate this, but it'd come with incredible upfront costs to de-risk and plan every detail. Factory based manufacturing largely doesn't have to deal with this since the environment is so highly controlled. Further, automated manufacturing puts significant time ahead of production building draft parts.