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![lukas_m_ziegler Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:24/cr:twitter::1436009312078508034.png) Lukas Ziegler [@lukas_m_ziegler](/creator/twitter/lukas_m_ziegler) on x 10.5K followers
Created: 2025-07-20 16:17:39 UTC

Home office as excavator operator be like! 🚧

No, this isn’t “Excavator Simulator 2.0”.

These are real construction workers in China remotely operating excavators... from an office.

What used to be hard physical labor is now an air-conditioned desk job. 

Operators sit at monitors, controlling heavy machinery in real time, without ever setting foot on the job site.

What about this idea? Every movement they make, every video feed captured, is being used to train an AI model.

The end goal? A system that eventually replaces the human operators entirely.

What are your thoughts?

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