Wednesday
June 24
2026

Analysis: ‘Who Is Going to Pay Us When We’re Replaced by Robots?’ The Indian Factory Workers Told to Film Themselves for AI

By Anuj Behal

When workers had cameras attached to them, they found it funny at first. But novelty soon turned to concern.

The first time the factory supervisors handed garment worker Lalita* a head-mounted camera, she burst out laughing. “The way people mount a CCTV camera on a wall, they mounted one on us,” she says.

Photo courtesy of Photo courtesy of Cyrus Crossan on Unsplash.

Source: The Guardian (link opens in a new window)

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