Mechanical Turk

For its video project, AOL ended up using Mechanical Turk, a crowdsourcing service that has over 500,000 registered workers from 190 different countries.

Big Firms Try Crowdsourcing Rachel Emma Silverman 2012

He decided to challenge the notion that the groups of people employed by crowdsourcing companies like Mechanical Turk and CrowdFlower can only do rote tasks by structuring a task requiring them to be creative.

Alicia Morga: How the Unskilled Will Inherit the Economy Alicia Morga 2011

A recent survey of 1,046 active U.S. based Mechanical Turk workers found that about 25% of respondents said that their crowdsourcing work comprised more than 10% of their annual income, according to research conducted by CrowdControl, which manages crowdsourcing projects.

Big Firms Try Crowdsourcing Rachel Emma Silverman 2012

Labor markets like Mechanical Turk are truly global, with workers coming from many different countries.

Work and the Internet Luis von Ahn 2010

A discussion that I've had with multiple people over the last few years is whether systems like Mechanical Turk, in which real money is exchanged, should be legislated so that workers are fairly compensated.

Work and the Internet Luis von Ahn 2010

His study involved 330 employees recruited via Mechanical Turk, Amazon. com

Why Pitting Workers Against One Another Is Folly 2010

A discussion that I've had with multiple people over the last few years is whether systems like Mechanical Turk, in which real money is exchanged, should be legislated so that workers are fairly compensated.

Archive 2010-07-01 Luis von Ahn 2010

Also, Mechanical Turk workers are paid by the item, not by the hour.

Work and the Internet Luis von Ahn 2010

But the question remains: Should sites like Mechanical Turk be regulated?

Archive 2010-07-01 Luis von Ahn 2010

Labor markets like Mechanical Turk are truly global, with workers coming from many different countries.

Archive 2010-07-01 Luis von Ahn 2010