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These workers help train robots who could one day steal their jobs

THIS IS SO STUPID AND I LOVE IT BECAUSE IMAGINE WEARING A GOPRO JUST TO FILM YOURSELF WORKING SO A ROBOT CAN WATCH THE FOOTAGE AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO REPLACE YOU LITERALLY FOREVER WHICH IS INSANE RIGHT! FACTORY WORKERS IN INDIA ARE LITERALLY DOING THIS RIGHT NOW, STRAPPING CAMERAS TO THEIR CHESTS TO RECORD EVERY SINGLE MOVE THEY MAKE SO THE MACHINES CAN LEARN THE WHOLE PROCESS. LIKE, ARE WE SUPPOSED TO BE IMPRESSED OR TERRIFIED? I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THE ROBOTS ARE ACTUALLY CAPABLE OF DOING THE JOBS YET BECAUSE THE ARTICLE DOESN'T SAY IF IT WILL ACTUALLY WORK OR JUST CAUSE MASS PANIC, BUT HONESTLY I AM SCARED FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THIS TECH EXPERIMENT. I JUST HOPE THOSE WORKERS GET SOMETHING GOOD OUT OF IT. OK NOW TELL ME I AM WRONG.

Factory workers in India are recording their daily tasks with GoPro cameras in an effort to train robots to potentially take over their jobs, though it is unclear if the plan will succeed.

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