More American workers are strapping cameras to their bodies to collect data in order to help train robots. The New York Times met with several of them to find out why, and what this could mean for the future of work.
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We are going to be robot supervisors if we are lucky… This is V grim.
They don’t care about the people in the future, that’s why they are doing it. They are basically saying “we won’t be cutting hair much longer so who cares about young new barbers”
what a dum dum
I want to call them sellouts, but are they economically cornered participants in a structural displacement pipeline? Short term gain for potentially long term displacement. Most will pay a robot $5 for a cut that a barber $20 plus tip.
not even gonna watch this as i’ll become triggered. over 20 years in the tech industry here.100% is. stop this sh*