The Indian workers training AI robots to take their jobs

Nagireddy Sriramyachandra straps a smartphone to her head and films herself slicing mangoes in her kitchen. The footage trains AI-powered robots to handle household chores. "I may get a robot myself in the future," she said.

Sriramyachandra is one of many workers in India providing low-cost data for robotics training. The practice mirrors how companies used Indian labor to label images for self-driving cars. Now the same model applies to physical tasks.

Robotics companies have long sought affordable training data. Indian workers fill that gap. The work is repetitive but pays better than many local alternatives. For the companies, it cuts the cost of teaching robots new skills.

Sriramyachandra plans to continue filming. She expects a robot in her kitchen one day.