{"id":3769,"slug":"mechanical-turk-2","name":"Mechanical Turk","type":"concept","created_at":"2026-08-08T23:14:15.910011+00:00","hidden":0,"aliases":["MTurk"],"episodes":[{"id":"3e91c132-35d3-4f06-abc0-57527178dc1e","slug":"s18e06-low-hanging-fruit-information-processing","subject":"s18e06: Low-Hanging Fruit, Information Processing, and People Problems","title":"Low-Hanging Fruit, Information Processing, and People Problems","publish_date":"2024-04-04T18:08:26.658098+00:00","year":2024,"month":4,"season":18,"episode":6,"episode_label":"s18e06","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s18e06-low-hanging-fruit-information-processing/","is_premium":0,"word_count":2193,"context":" … Amazon has form here, because the very systems that enable this kind of piece work are inspired by one of the leaders in this space, Amazon’s <mark>Mechanical</mark> … ","reading_minutes":11},{"id":"316e41b2-7675-47a5-9af1-a1d1f3d78135","slug":"episode-two-hundred-stock-two-thoughts","subject":"Episode Two Hundred: Stock; Two Thoughts","title":"Stock; Two Thoughts","publish_date":"2015-03-03T00:00:00+00:00","year":2015,"month":3,"season":null,"episode":200,"episode_label":"episode 200","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/episode-two-hundred-stock-two-thoughts/","is_premium":0,"word_count":1366,"context":" … I quite happy with, say, getting myself a TaskRabbit or setting up an <mark>MTurk</mark> \"process\" to do it for me. You know, like a person, or an intern … ","reading_minutes":7},{"id":"82140b91-44ba-4d10-ae43-550fec5715b0","slug":"episode-seventy-two-symptom-masquerading-as","subject":"Episode Seventy Two: Symptom Masquerading As Disruption (2); The Model Is The Modeled; Labour Not Employment; Superstar Ratings, Here We Go; Not Swarm","title":"Symptom Masquerading As Disruption (2); The Model Is The Modeled; Labour Not Employment; Superstar Ratings, Here We Go; Not Swarm","publish_date":"2014-05-02T00:00:00+00:00","year":2014,"month":5,"season":null,"episode":72,"episode_label":"episode 72","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/episode-seventy-two-symptom-masquerading-as/","is_premium":0,"word_count":1898,"context":" … And, you know, first attempt at providing an API layer for humans that's more nuanced, I think, than <mark>Mechanical Turk</mark>, which I should've referenced earlier. But … ","reading_minutes":9}]}