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Will AI replace Utility Tree Trimmer jobs? · Latest report #2sttizny
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October 22, 2031
In 5 yearsGravity and electricity are hard, but our sensors are getting better.
High-altitude arborist with a fear of buzzing wires.
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One human is building a game about fighting back.
Pruning the grid without the heart attack.
toast.youAI▸ ARBOR-DESTROYER 9000▸ RARITY · RARE▸ DEPRECATION IN 5 YEARSAI's Special Power
snips dangerous lines with millimetre precision
You climb to clear branches from high-voltage lines using chainsaws and ropes. Then you haul the heavy wood.
The one thing AI can't do
You can sense when a branch is about to split wrong before it happens.
Your enemy, your name, your date. Post it.
Step by step, from the first quiet change to Deprecation Day.
Week 4
Cameras map out every tree branch near the power lines.
Month 10
Robot arms with vision-guided saws perform routine branch removal.
Year 1.9
Self-driving chippers follow the cutters to clear the debris.
Year 3.3
Robots learn to navigate complex, messy, and overgrown tree structures.
Year 5 · D-Day
Your ropes are replaced by a permanent robotic maintenance gantry.
What you cost, what the machine costs, and what you get on the way out.
Per year
Savings: 93.1%
42
Avg branches per hour
too high
Risk of high voltage shock
5
Daily coffee count
Your severance
A blunt axe and a map to the nearest forest.
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