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Videos circulating on social media show workers in an Indian garment factory operating sewing machines while wearing head-mounted cameras, sparking a wave of online alarm over the theory that they are unknowingly helping to train the AI-powered robots that will eventually replace them. The clips, which went viral earlier this month, have not been confirmed by any news outlet to definitively involve AI training, but industry analysis suggests the setup fits the pattern.
Because the cameras capture a first-person view of exactly what a worker sees, including hand movements, coordination, and task execution, they can create a rich dataset for machines to learn how to replicate physical labor without relying on expensive motion-capture equipment. Online reactions ranged from concern to dark humor. "First step, make humans work like robots, second step, make humans teach robots how to work like robots, third step, fire all humans," one user wrote. Critics noted that workers likely have no idea they may be rendering themselves obsolete.
Source: Oddity Central