---
title: "These workers help train robots who could one day steal their jobs"
description: "NPR profiles workers who generate training data for robots that may eventually automate their own jobs, showing how labor displacement can be built by the people it affects."
kind: "wire"
section: "Work"
author: "Josh Alley"
author_url: "https://hastalavista.ai/authors/alley"
published: "2026-10-16T18:05:18.773Z"
updated: "2026-10-16T18:05:18.773Z"
canonical: "https://hastalavista.ai/work/these-workers-help-train-robots-who-could-one-day-steal-their-jobs"
source_url: "https://www.npr.org/2026/10/14/g-s1-146907/these-workers-help-train-robots-who-could-one-day-steal-their-jobs"
source_name: "NPR"
---

# These workers help train robots who could one day steal their jobs

*NPR profiles workers who generate training data for robots that may eventually automate their own jobs, showing how labor displacement can be built by the people it affects.*

By [Josh Alley](https://hastalavista.ai/authors/alley) · October 16, 2026

Source: [These workers help train robots who could one day steal their jobs](https://www.npr.org/2026/10/14/g-s1-146907/these-workers-help-train-robots-who-could-one-day-steal-their-jobs) — NPR

## Human take

*These are the author’s thoughts, made without AI and typed directly into our publishing software without assistance.*

"Could?" The purpose of the training is to indeed automate the jobs. That's the point, purpose, value proposition, financial incentive, and game.