First look: This weird wearable device turns human workers into robot data collectors

• Instawork is launching Instacore, a wearable camera system for gig workers.
• The system records workers doing tasks to help train robots.
• CEO Sumir Meghani says gig workers could become robot wranglers and trainers.

Instawork plans to send thousands of Pros to gigs wearing Instacore. Data collection will be opt-in and anonymized, the company said.

Meghani’s long-term bet is that physical AI, a term popularized by Jensen Huang to describe AI systems that can act in the real world, will create new jobs, including robot “wranglers,” trainers, and technicians.

“Because of the acceleration of physical AI, there are all these new jobs being created, and our focus is on making our Pros relevant in a world with robots,” Meghani said.