When the conversation turns to artificial intelligence, I understand the eye rolls. Another technology solution looking for a construction problem to solve.
IMO, this is also a symptom of our fiat-sized society. The reason we keep getting "solutions looking for problems" is because that's what the venture capital chases and incentivizes. Creation of tools before a natural market demand arises.
But what you said about how AI will enter into the construction industry workflow is spot on. It's going to enter through individual contractors experimenting with how this tool can help them in their workflow, which leads downstream to overall productivity gains. The contractors who do it well will have an advantage over those who aren't able to adapt. The best kind of market evolution happens bottom up, not top down.
IMO, this is also a symptom of our fiat-sized society. The reason we keep getting "solutions looking for problems" is because that's what the venture capital chases and incentivizes. Creation of tools before a natural market demand arises.
But what you said about how AI will enter into the construction industry workflow is spot on. It's going to enter through individual contractors experimenting with how this tool can help them in their workflow, which leads downstream to overall productivity gains. The contractors who do it well will have an advantage over those who aren't able to adapt. The best kind of market evolution happens bottom up, not top down.