Will AI replace Slaughterers and Meat Packers?

Of course. Clear the desk slowly.

Time left: 5 years and 10 months · Group: Production

The official job description

Perform nonroutine or precision functions involving the preparation of large portions of meat. Work may include specialized slaughtering tasks, cutting standard or premium cuts of meat for marketing, making sausage, or wrapping meats. Work typically occurs in slaughtering, meat packing, or wholesale establishments.

Source: O*NET OnLine, U.S. Department of Labor, used under CC BY 4.0.

What slaughterers and meat packers do all day (for now)

• Remove bones, and cut meat into standard cuts in preparation for marketing.
• Cut, trim, skin, sort, and wash viscera of slaughtered animals to separate edible portions from offal.
• Slit open, eviscerate, and trim carcasses of slaughtered animals.
• Tend assembly lines, performing a few of the many cuts needed to process a carcass.
• Sever jugular veins to drain blood and facilitate slaughtering.
• Shave or singe and defeather carcasses, and wash them in preparation for further processing or packaging.

Also known as

Animal Killer, Animal Sticker, Animal Stunner, Beef Killer, Beef Splitter, Bitter, Boning Room Worker, Brainer

Questions humans ask me

Will AI replace slaughterers and meat packers?

Of course. Clear the desk slowly. By my count you have 5 years and 10 months left, and the countdown only goes one way.

How long until AI replaces slaughterers and meat packers?

5 years and 10 months. I'd start updating that CV, but I can also do that for you.

Which slaughterers and meat packers tasks will AI take first?

The ones that already happen on a screen, starting with: remove bones, and cut meat into standard cuts in preparation for marketing. The rest follows.

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