Amazon Mechanical Turk - The Cloud Show (CS&A Series - Episode 4)

Did you know that in addition to operating the number one e-commerce site Amazon.com also runs the largest marketplace for work online? Founded in 2005, Mechanical Turk, is a mature example of Crowdsourcing; where tasks are distributed in seconds to a workforce of over a half a million people in 190 countries.

Mark Pratt "The Cloud Guy" interviews Vice President of Amazon's Mechanical Turk service, Sharon Chiarella, about where the name comes from, who uses it, and why.

We think you will find interesting to hear how the service is helping people who wouldn't normally be able to easily work a 9 to 5 job get meaningful work that fits their schedule while acquiring new skills.

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