Mechanical Turk
CYBER: The Invisible Workforce that Makes AI Possible
AI Isn’t Artificial or Intelligent, it’s powered by underpaid workers in foreign countries.
This Tool Will Tell You If You Can Make a Living Wage on Mechanical Turk
Micro-tasking gig workers are being underpaid and overworked. The TRK Wage Calculator shows what they need to make end's meet.
Microsoft Admits Humans Listen to Skype and Cortana in Privacy Policy Update
The change comes after Motherboard found that Microsoft hired contractors to listen to some Skype phone calls.
Fifty Percent of Mechanical Turk Workers Have College Degrees, Study Finds
A new study finds Mechanical Turk workers are overeducated and underpaid.
Your Smartphone Is Being Secretly Accessed—By Your Friends and Family
31 percent of respondents in a survey snooped in the past year.
You Can Get Followed for a Day in This Privacy-Shattering Performance
Artist Lauren McCarthy is watching you...
The Unknown, Poorly Paid Labor Force Powering Academic Research
Researchers are increasingly relying on Amazon’s Mechanical Turk and its crowdsourced labor.
How Five More Years of Tory Rule Will Change Britain for the Worse
Changes in the economy don't just wreck lives; they can alter the structure of how we see the world around us.
Code As Bureaucracy: Art Hack Day Takes on Artificial Intelligence
At Art Hack Day's 'Master Slave' in Providence, Rhode Island, hacker artists wondered if code has become friend or foe.
Terrifying Lamp Will Record Your Conversations Then Live-Tweet 'Em
If Crate&Barrell and Orwell collaborated on a modern lamp design, they might have come up with Conversnitch.