• DireTech@sh.itjust.works
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    7 hours ago

    Did you see another video about this? The one linked only showed the walls and still showed them doing interior framing. Nothing about windows, electrical, plumbing, insulation, etc.

    What they showed could speed up construction but there are tons of other steps involved.

    I do wonder how sturdy it is since it doesn’t look like rebar or anything else is added.

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      5 hours ago

      I’m not an expert on it, I’ve only watched a few videos on it, but from what I’ve seen they add structural elements between the layers at certain points which act like rebar.

      There’s no framing of the walls, but they do set up scaffolds to support overhangs (because you can’t print onto nothing)

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        1 hour ago

        I’m with you on this. We can’t just causally brush aside a machine that can create the frame of a house unattended - just because it can’t also do wiring. It was a bad choice of image to use to attack AI. In fact it’s a perfect metaphor for what AI is actually good for: automating certain parts of the work. Yes you still need an electrician to come in, just like you also need a software engineer to wire up the UI code their LLM generated to the back end, etc.