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Re-onshoring of manufacturing means that all these trades will be in ultra high demand. AI LLMs can't weld.

grow2grow 3y ago
I mean, AI's (robots) weld on assembly lines. It's all about the context. They do have indoor assembly line welding robots. But, they don't have welding robots for outdoor, ground-breaking construction job sites yet. I mean, do they?
- defrost 3y ago
  Not all welds are equal, tacking a frame together isn't the same as a pipe weld. We're not far off having adaptive autonomous pipe welding in-situ. https://www.thefabricator.com/thefabricator/article/tubepipefabrication/how-ai-helps-make-autonomous-pipe-welding-a-reality-for-fab-shops https://www.thefabricator.com/thefabricator/article/tubepipe... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLx3oDt9Who https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLx3oDt9Who
beezlewax 3y ago
Onshoring manufacturing is a given why?
- AtlasBarfed 3y ago
  Mostly because China's leadership is getting totalitarian, corrupt, ineffective, and warlike ... I've seen projections on some combo of all of the above, but really none that are even "everythings fine!" except those that have tinges of totalitarian psychology. China isn't that cheap anymore either. They have machine tooling and economies of scale. The US is basically in a cold war with China since they are now the principle global rival. China's population is set to decline by a massive amount from one child policy. This combined with other supposed economic boondoggles will collapse the system. The world learned that ultra extended supply lines aren't a good thing in COVID, and the world just seems to be going to a more chaotic era with likely lots of wars over resources, population displacement from global warming, and lots of other not-fun stuff. Finally, the United States is becoming more isolationist. With the shrinking geopolitical importance of oil, the US might stop enforcing Pax Americana on the high seas. The primary function of the navy was to secure petroleum, and now with EVs, alt energy, and the Bakken Shale we don't need to do that for us, or the rest of the world. So... take your pick

I mean, AI's (robots) weld on assembly lines. It's all about the context. They do have indoor assembly line welding robots. But, they don't have welding robots for outdoor, ground-breaking construction job sites yet. I mean, do they?

defrost 3y ago
Not all welds are equal, tacking a frame together isn't the same as a pipe weld. We're not far off having adaptive autonomous pipe welding in-situ. https://www.thefabricator.com/thefabricator/article/tubepipefabrication/how-ai-helps-make-autonomous-pipe-welding-a-reality-for-fab-shops https://www.thefabricator.com/thefabricator/article/tubepipe... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLx3oDt9Who https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLx3oDt9Who

beezlewax 3y ago

Onshoring manufacturing is a given why?

AtlasBarfed 3y ago
Mostly because China's leadership is getting totalitarian, corrupt, ineffective, and warlike ... I've seen projections on some combo of all of the above, but really none that are even "everythings fine!" except those that have tinges of totalitarian psychology. China isn't that cheap anymore either. They have machine tooling and economies of scale. The US is basically in a cold war with China since they are now the principle global rival. China's population is set to decline by a massive amount from one child policy. This combined with other supposed economic boondoggles will collapse the system. The world learned that ultra extended supply lines aren't a good thing in COVID, and the world just seems to be going to a more chaotic era with likely lots of wars over resources, population displacement from global warming, and lots of other not-fun stuff. Finally, the United States is becoming more isolationist. With the shrinking geopolitical importance of oil, the US might stop enforcing Pax Americana on the high seas. The primary function of the navy was to secure petroleum, and now with EVs, alt energy, and the Bakken Shale we don't need to do that for us, or the rest of the world. So... take your pick