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a process that transforms professionals into wage hunter-gatherers.the human partner is one or more invisible microtask workers being paid tiny amounts to label images.

his best hope for us is happy retirement.remotely take over a faltering delivery drone.what then? Jones chooses optimism: we will have to imagine a new world for ourselves.

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Phil Jones sets these workers in a larger global context.

the number of microtaskers is huge and growing.The data showed KD had paid out over $14.

a Serbian writer who has blogged about many of Upworks changes over the years.written in a short story format.

Ralph Ngo thought hed won big when he landed a job with Upwork that promised him $5 for every page of a middle school science textbook he converted into a multiple-choice question.Thanks for signing up! [Upworks] message did include another reminder that they werent going to be able to help me get that additional $475 After verbally patting my head about the deception and confirming what I already knew that Upwork wouldnt be covering what Khuram owed me or telling him to pay it along with a helpful reminder to make sure everything gets into escrow next time.