I Got a Free Meal From a Private Chef—Who Filmed It All to Train Robots

Shift, a division of German startup Microagi, provides free services such as cleaning and private chef meals in exchange for recording human hand movements from a first-person perspective to train robots. The author experienced a free three-course meal prepared by chef Ollie, who wore a hat camera to capture his knife skills and cooking techniques. Microagi CEO Bercan Kilic sees this as a way to allow people to join the AI economy and eventually create a marketplace for contractors to sell egocentric data. Kilic predicts that within a year, affordable and capable home robots will be available. The article expresses skepticism about the promise of an age of abundance and highlights safety concerns regarding embodied AI with tools.