the mechanical turk, despite being our rhetorical refrain for this, was waaaaay more mechanically impressive than the tech-company “smart” devices that function off oblique remote third world labor.
you can set up a wifi-connected remote drone in an afternoon, the mechanical turk was a bespoke and sophisticated illusion, that relied on a talented and discreet staff
A mechanical Turk for the modern era
the mechanical turk, despite being our rhetorical refrain for this, was waaaaay more mechanically impressive than the tech-company “smart” devices that function off oblique remote third world labor.
you can set up a wifi-connected remote drone in an afternoon, the mechanical turk was a bespoke and sophisticated illusion, that relied on a talented and discreet staff