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Will AI replace High Voltage Lineman jobs? · Latest report #hkcnanus
Your job has an expiration date
October 19, 2042
In 16 yearsYou climb the pole so the grid doesn't notice you're human.
Human conduit for electricity, perpetually one gust from disaster.
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One human is building a game about fighting back.
Unclimbable power, automated for life.
bzzt.youAI▸ LINE-BOT UTILITY CRAWLER▸ RARITY · MYTHIC▸ DEPRECATION IN 16 YEARSAI's Special Power
restores power lines during hurricane season
You climb utility poles to repair power lines and transformers. It is dangerous, messy, and physically exhausting work.
The one thing AI can't do
You can sense when a line is hot just by the crackle in the air.
Your enemy, your name, your date. Post it.
Step by step, from the first quiet change to Deprecation Day.
Month 13
High-res cameras map every single inch of the distribution grid.
Year 3.3
Sensors on lines tell us exactly where the fault occurred.
Year 7
Self-driving bucket trucks position themselves exactly under the damage site.
Year 11
Multi-jointed arms replace insulators without needing a human heartbeat.
Year 16 · D-Day
The final human lineman retires to a non-conductive hobby.
What you cost, what the machine costs, and what you get on the way out.
Per year
Savings: 95.3%
40 feet
Average height
too high
Chance of zap
maximum
Grit factor
Your severance
A lifetime supply of high-grade dielectric rubber gloves.
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