Indian workers record everyday tasks to train physical AI
BBC Technology reports that workers across India are wearing head-mounted cameras to record tasks such as hairdressing, tailoring, cooking and cleaning, which collectors then sell to technology companies and research organizations for physical AI training. In one example, 22-year-old barber Mohammed Ashim records five or six hours a day, with clients' faces blurred and his hands kept in frame; Rashdan Technologies says it pays $5 to $10 for eight to 10 hours of recorded work. The report also describes concerns about consent, privacy, low pay and possible job displacement as demand for embodied human data grows.
BBC Technology documents a growing labor supply chain for training robots on real-world physical tasks, making this a significant development in the data infrastructure behind physical AI as well as a labor-market issue.
ByPriti Gupta
Technology Reporter, Reporting fromMumbai
Mohammed Ashim has been cutting hair and trimming beards for four years in Bengaluru.
But recently the 22-year old has been strapping a camera to his head to record his work.
The camera only records his hands and fingers - his client's faces are blurred out.
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