A remote worker in Tokyo earns $3.75 per hour controlling a store-stocking robot via VR headset. Each action generates data that trains the robot to work autonomously, eventually making the human operator unnecessary. It's a feedback loop where the worker builds the technology that will replace them.
This remote worker is getting paid $3.75 an hour to control this robot in a convenience store in Tokyo. Look at this video. So as you can see, he's controlling this thing from a VR headset with the little controllers, and the robot is stocking these fridges right here. And they're paying this dude only $3.75 an hour. Something like this just breaks my brain in terms of what's possible with AI and VR. But the funniest thing is he's actually providing data on how to get this robot to replace him. So the more he does this, the more data he provides on how to make this robot accurate, and eventually we don't even need him anymore.
