At some point, most of us will wonder how safe our jobs are. Construction professionals are prone to this, but perhaps more so now, given the rapid growth of technology in the industry and the fears that brings with it. In one of our recent Construction Briefing newsletters, we spoke to technology experts about artificial intelligence; asking them to consider the question of whether Al had the potential to replace humans in some construction applications. The general consensus among them was that Al will actually become increasingly useful - as an artificial assistant, as opposed to a human replacement. Put another way, they believe we will be only too happy to relinquish the menial and repetitive parts of the job that Al does so well.
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