microagi's Shift offers free apartment cleaning if AI can watch
Founded by two former Formula One engineers and an AI researcher, microagi is testing whether chores can become robotics training data.
By Ryan Merket · Published
Primary source: Business Insider
Why it matters
Shift shows how far robotics companies may go to get real-world training data: subsidizing everyday labor today in the hope that machines can learn it tomorrow.
Bercan Kilic (@bercankilic), Yoan Iliev and Anton Poletaev's German AI lab microagi is using Shift Robotics to offer $0 apartment cleanings in New York City in exchange for first-person video of the work, Business Insider reported.…