AI startups are paying people to film themselves folding laundry — and they'll use this data to train robots Humans are helping robots learn how to do chores. Halil Sagirkaya/Anadolu via Getty Images Robots don't have the internet to learn from — so humans are stepping in. People are getting paid to film chores like loading dishwashers to help train humanoids. Startups like Encord, Micro1, and Scale AI say they're ramping up their robotics work. Doing three loads of laundry on a Sunday morning i...