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Tony Beebe

Oct 21, 2026

1:36
So how is building AI for a welder, for example, or maybe a pipe fitter, how is it different from building AI for a knowledge worker? What do office-focused AI builders actually miss?
1:54
You know, I'll start with a little bit of a background on me right out of engineering school.
2:00
I went to work for a drilling company and I went to work on offshore drilling rigs and they wanted me to learn how the company made money drilling wells.
2:10
And I went through a blue collar journeyman apprenticeship program that took three years.
2:15
And it was fast-tracked, but I learned how to become a driller and did a lot of blue-collar trades work over a few years and spent a lot of time with the people and then ended up supervising and running projects and drilling rigs in later years.
2:31
And I think one of the things people forget is they don't sit at a computer and look at things They put their hands on steel.
2:39
They're in a real physical environment and they don't always have access to phones, smart devices, computers or not readily available.

18 MINS LATER

20:43
What actually gets sacrificed when you have to move very fast?

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