KARUR — With a smartphone strapped to her head, Nagireddy Sriramyachandra films herself slicing mangoes in her kitchen in India to train robots powered by artificial intelligence (AI) to take on household jobs in the future. Earning just over two United States dollars 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.
"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.
AI chatbots and image generators crunch reams of digital data but building systems to navigate real-life environments is more challenging.
