Indian factory workers film themselves for AI robots
Companies are tapping into Indian factories as a source of data for humanoid robots. The workers provide the recordings – and often don't know why.
According to a report in the British Guardian, some Indian factory workers have been given small cameras and instructed to strap them to their foreheads before the start of their shift.
Indian factory workers provide training data for robots
The movements are recorded as so-called egocentric data. This refers to recordings of human work from a first-person perspective, intended to teach robots how to function in the real world. Language models learn from online texts, but humanoid robots need real recordings of human work to understand and imitate movements. India has become a key supplier of this data, according to The Guardian.
According to a report in the British Guardian, some Indian factory workers have been given small cameras and instructed to strap them to their foreheads before the start of their shift.
Indian factory workers provide training data for robots
The movements are recorded as so-called egocentric data. This refers to recordings of human work from a first-person perspective, intended to teach robots how to function in the real world. Language models learn from online texts, but humanoid robots need real recordings of human work to understand and imitate movements. India has become a key supplier of this data, according to The Guardian.
Consent given by the boss is not genuine consent.
Several companies involved stated that they obtain consent through factory management rather than directly from employees. Researchers and labor representatives doubt that this can be considered informed consent, especially where employment relationships are precarious or involve subcontractors. Furthermore, the recordings were apparently not used solely for robot training. Documents seen by Scroll indicate that some companies use the same recordings to generate productivity reports and analyze idle time and employee interactions.
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