By Aishwarya Kumar /
AFP, KARUR, India
With a smartphone strapped to her head, Indian housewife Nagireddy Sriramyachandra films herself slicing mangoes to train artificial intelligence (AI)-powered robots to take on household jobs in the future. Earning just over US$2 for an hour of video, her mundane recordings are invaluable for global tech companies teaching machines how to move like humans in the real world. The 25-year-old is one of a growing army of thousands of AI system trainers in the world’s most populous country.
Nagireddy Sriramyachandra, a housewife, wears a smartphone on her head recording her motions as she slices mangoes at her home in Chennai, India, on May 15.
“Who else will give you 250 rupees an hour just for doing housework?” said Sriramyachandra from her kitchen in Chennai in southern India’s Tamil Nadu state. “I may get a robot myself in the future,” she added.
