Bengaluru is called the tech capital of the country, but every day something is seen here which surprises people. This time the discussion is not about any big IT company or startup, but about an ordinary person selling vegetables on the roadside. The reason is such that it has forced people on social media to think about how rapidly the ways of earning are going to change in the coming times.
Recently, a video went viral on Instagram, which was shared by a user named Vaibhav. The vegetable seller seen in the video is seen wearing a special kind of headband on his forehead. At first glance it seems like a strange gadget, but when its truth came to light, people were stunned. Vaibhav told that he was going somewhere on his scooter. Then his eyes fell on a person selling vegetables on the roadside, who was wearing a setup connected to an iPhone and a memory card on his head.
How is this guy making money?
This scene was so different and unique that Vaibhav could not stop himself and immediately went to that person and started talking to him. Initially he thought that maybe it would be a way of video recording or creating social media content, but when he asked the vegetable seller about it, the answer he got completely surprised him. Actually, that person was collecting data for a work related to Artificial Intelligence i.e. AI.
According to the information, this data is used to train large AI models and robotics systems. To understand in simple language, companies use such videos and activities to teach machines to behave like humans. How humans walk, pick up things, interact with people and perform everyday tasks is all recorded so that future humanoid robots and smart systems can better understand the real world.
This vegetable seller was recording the same thing during his daily life, that is, along with his normal work, he was also preparing useful data for AI companies. This is the reason why the setup related to the camera and device was installed on his forehead, but the most interesting part of the story was yet to come. The real surprise of the people came to light when the income received for this work was revealed.
Vaibhav told that the vegetable seller is being paid about Rs 350 per hour for this data collection. If the calculation is done according to this, then after working for 10 hours, his daily earnings reach approximately Rs 3,500. If you work continuously for a month, this amount can exceed Rs 1 lakh. This data became the biggest reason for discussion among people on social media. Many internet users jokingly said that people working in corporate jobs keep working day and night on laptops, while a street vendor is earning more than them with the help of new technology.
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