Will AI replace Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers?

AI can do 0% of the work Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers do at least twice as fast. None of their 12 tasks show real AI use yet. Robots can technically handle 11 physical tasks. 1 still needs a person.

AI is already doing this0 · 0% of time

People already use AI for these tasks in real work, based on Anthropic's analysis of how Claude is used.

  • Real AI use has not reached any of this job's tasks yet.

AI could do this next0 · 0% of time

AI can speed these up by at least half, but real use has not caught up yet. These are next in line.

  • No other tasks in this job can be sped up by AI today.

Robots can technically do this11 · 89% of time

Physical tasks that today's robots can perform in at least some settings. Robots are cost competitive for very few tasks so far, so this change moves slower.

  • Use knives, cleavers, meat saws, bandsaws, or other equipment to perform meat cutting and trimming.Robots: purpose built settings27% of time
  • Cut and trim meat to prepare for packing.Robots: purpose built settings16% of time
  • Process primal parts into cuts that are ready for retail use.Robots: purpose built settings11% of time
  • Clean, trim, slice, and section carcasses for future processing.Robots: purpose built settings8% of time
  • Remove parts, such as skin, feathers, scales or bones, from carcass.Robots: purpose built settings8% of time
  • Separate meats and byproducts into specified containers and seal containers.Robots: purpose built settings7% of time
  • Weigh meats and tag containers for weight and contents.Robots: purpose built settings4% of time
  • Prepare ready-to-heat foods by filleting meat or fish or cutting it into bite-sized pieces, preparing and adding vegetables or applying sauces or breading.Robots: purpose built settings4% of time
  • Produce hamburger meat and meat trimmings.Robots: purpose built settings3% of time
  • Obtain and distribute specified meat or carcass.Robots: purpose built settings3% of time
  • Clean and salt hides.Robots: purpose built settingsunder 1% of time

Still needs a person1 · 11% of time

No real AI use, no proven AI speedup and no robot that can do it yet. This is the part of the job to build on.

  • Inspect meat products for defects, bruises or blemishes and remove them along with any excess fat.11% of time

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What this means

Little of this work suits AI. The bigger change here is robots: today's robots can technically do 89% of the working time, though they are rarely cheap enough to replace people yet.

What to do next

  • Keep an eye on the 11 physical tasks robots can technically do. Cost keeps most robots out of work today, so this shift is slower.
  • Build on the 1 task that stay human. This is where your judgment, skill and relationships matter most.
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