Will AI replace Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic?

Tasks rated in 2023 as ones AI could do or speed up

Tasks a GPT-4-class model could do, or do in half the time or less: 0 of its 13 rated tasks. In O*NET’s words.

None of its rated tasks.

Tasks rated in 2023 as not sped up by AI

Tasks such a model was rated as not speeding up or taking over: 12 of its 13 rated tasks; the first 6 are shown. In O*NET’s words.

1. Install, adjust, and remove dies, synchronizing cams, forging hammers, and stop guides, using overhead cranes or other hoisting devices, and hand tools.
2. Position and move metal wires or workpieces through a series of dies that compress and shape stock to form die impressions.
3. Remove dies from machines when production runs are finished.
4. Repair, maintain, and replace parts on dies.
5. Set up, operate, or tend presses and forging machines to perform hot or cold forging by flattening, straightening, bending, cutting, piercing, or other operations to taper, shape, or form metal.
6. Start machines to produce sample workpieces, and observe operations to detect machine malfunctions and to verify that machine setups conform to specifications.