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most surveying is still based on landmarks and pins and nails and using them as waypoints. until those points are catalogued by humans and added to some precise GPS database, you will still have to survey. even then, someone has to come out and place new pins, navigate the terrain, sign off on elevations, etc. not getting automated any time soon.
when it comes to manual labor/trades, i think they will most likely find ways to eliminate/reduce the skill required for certain things. you can already see it in plumbing with people using compression fittings rather than solder, pex in place of copper, etc. i do project management and have a small finish carpentry business, i think you will see people doing what they are doing with modern houses: remove complex woodwork in favor of drywall work, reduce the complexity of cabinets and call it "minimal" when it's really only because it's easier for a machine to make on a CNC. they're already going to metal door frames and fully adjustable hinges on really high end homes which takes a lot of the skill out of hanging a door (in some ways), once the cost comes down on these products and substandard materials start being introduced to the platform any idiot will be able to hang a door and the price will go down (cost to hang and case a 8'x3' solid core door is $300.00). It's as much about automation as it is about reducing the skill level required to perform tasks, and removing highly skilled trades for all but the obscenely wealthy. There will always be craftsman, but they are increasingly becoming an endangered species.
