Will AI replace Butchers and Meat Cutters?

Why this score

Repetitive cutting, portioning, and trimming tasks that make up the bulk of a butcher's day are already being performed by robotic cutting systems in large-scale US meatpacking plants. Primal break-down, deboning, and case-ready packaging are the first functions to disappear because they follow predictable, repeatable motions on standardized carcasses. The industry has a long history of mechanizing exactly this type of structured manual work, and there is almost nothing in current labor law or regulation that slows the transition. If your value proposition begins and ends with knife skills on a production line, the window to reposition is closing fast.

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