Will electricians and plumbers really be the safest AI-proof jobs? A supply-demand paradox
LifeguardOverall6423 · reddit · 2026-10-02
A Reddit post pushes back on the popular claim that trades like electricians, plumbers and construction workers will be the safest, best-paid jobs in an AI-driven future: if millions of displaced workers flood into these "AI-proof" trades, increased supply should eventually push wages down. The author argues the more durable value may lie in jobs above AI — building, programming, managing and supervising AI and robots where humans remain accountable — and draws an analogy to the industrial revolution, which changed which skills were valuable rather than simply replacing workers.
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