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

Factory workers in India are being asked to wear GoPro cameras to record the way they do their jobs. The ultimate goal is to train robots to take over. Will it work?

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Factory workers in India are being asked to wear GoPro cameras to record the way they do their jobs. KARUR, India. Three men stride across a cavernous textile factory floor of Texworth in the southern Indian city of Karur, handing GoPros. And smart glasses to workers, including 40-year-old Shoba Kirubakaran. It's the third time Kirubakaran says she's been told to don a GoPro. It's recording her every hand gesture, to train AI robots to take over this job, a fact that she says the company did not share with her. Kirubakaran has worked in the factory for 10 years, six days a week, from around 9 a.m, to 6 p.m. She makes $90 a month.

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are being asked to wearCollocation

ถูกขอให้ใส่.

From the storyFactory workers in India are being asked to wear GoPro cameras to record the way they do their jobs.

recording her every hand gestureCollocation

จัดบันทึกการแสดงมือของเธอทุกๆครั้ง.

From the storyIt's recording her every hand gesture, to train AI robots to take over this job, a fact that she says the company did not share with her.

has worked in the factoryCollocation

ทํางานในโรงงาน.

From the storyKirubakaran has worked in the factory for 10 years, six days a week, from around 9 a.m, to 6 p.m.

Factory workers in India are being askedUseful Sentence

พนักงานโรงงานในอินเดียถูกถาม.

From the storyFactory workers in India are being asked to wear GoPro cameras to record the way they do their jobs.

Three men stride across a cavernous textileUseful Sentence

สามคนเดินข้ามผ้าถ้ํา.

From the storyThree men stride across a cavernous textile factory floor of Texworth in the southern Indian city of Karur, handing GoPros.

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