I've done it with Local 60. I didn't last long. The work is legit heavy and hours are crazy. I lasted 4 months before I figured it is not for me. 6 am safety meetings and talk about injuries or someone getting decapitated was not a good motivator either.

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pton_xd 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

You weren't kidding, one of the first things that popped up when I searched Local 60 was the regional chapter talking about their Death Benefits!

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Loquebantur an hour ago | parent [-]

It's easy to insulate a robot.

The difficulty with human abilities in vision, locomotion and particularly coordination and manipulation is due to their arithmetic complexity being high. Modern deep learning solves that, LLMs provide the "interface" for planned action.

From the outside, this process of "solving" perhaps looks like "robots stumble around haplessly". But it's just the same as with mathematicians in the intellectual realm: when the level of ability surpasses that of humans, it appears as a "sudden event" to outsiders, having occurred far faster than anticipated.

There are no "safe havens".

	▲	lazide 35 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		The reality is that humans are far cheaper than robots in most real world situations. The only real exceptions so far are heavily controlled environments like factories. Where robots ‘win’ is following orders with no regard to self preservation or long term survival. Ponder that for a bit, and it’s consequences get a bit scary.

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harvey9 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Back when I worked shifts I had a colleague who looked like he had 'flu after a set of early starts.

The safety brief is supposed to motivate you to work safely so maybe they need to work on how they present it. I saw a couple of colleagues injured in my old job (EMS) but only seen a member of the public decapitated.

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dver 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Arc Flash training will get your attention.