India’s workers are training AI robots to take their jobs

Indian housewife Nagireddy Sriramyachandra films herself slicing mangoes with a smartphone strapped to her head to train AI-powered robots for household tasks. She earns 250 rupees ($2.6) per hour for these recordings. Thousands of Indians work as AI system trainers, mostly for global tech companies. The humanoid robot market is projected to exceed one billion units by 2050, and government think tank NITI Aayog warns that automation threatens India's 490 million informal workers.