Amazon Mechanical Turk Description

Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk) serves as a crowdsourcing platform that facilitates the outsourcing of various tasks and projects by individuals and businesses to a widely distributed workforce capable of carrying out these assignments remotely. This range of tasks can span from basic data validation and research to more nuanced activities, including survey participation and content moderation. By leveraging the diverse skills, intelligence, and insights of a global community, MTurk allows companies to enhance their business operations, improve data collection and analysis, and speed up the development of machine learning models. Despite ongoing technological advancements, there remain numerous areas where humans outperform computers, such as content moderation, data deduplication, and certain research tasks. Historically, addressing these needs involved hiring a large temporary workforce, a process that can be both costly and challenging to scale effectively. As a result, many tasks have either been neglected or poorly executed, highlighting the necessity for platforms like MTurk in modern business practices.

Integrations

API:
Yes, Amazon Mechanical Turk has an API

Reviews - 1 Verified Review

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Company Details

Company:
Amazon
Year Founded:
1994
Headquarters:
United States
Website:
www.mturk.com

Media

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Product Details

Platforms
Web-Based
Types of Training
Training Docs
Customer Support
Online Support

Amazon Mechanical Turk Features and Options

Freelance Management Software

Anonymous Talent Search
Chat / Messaging
Consolidated Billing & Invoicing
Contract Management
Custom Payments
Internship Management
Job Posting / Job Board
Payment Management
Portfolio Screening
Progress / Time Tracking
Project Management
Talent Matching Algorithm
Talent Vetting
Task Management

Data Labeling Software

Human-in-the-loop
Labeling Automation
Labeling Quality
Performance Tracking
Polygon, Rectangle, Line, Point
SDK
Supports Audio Files
Task Management
Team Collaboration
Training Data Management

Content Moderation Software

Artificial Intelligence
Audio Moderation
Brand Moderation
Comment Moderation
Customizable Filters
Image Moderation
Moderation by Humans
Reporting / Analytics
Social Media Moderation
User-Generated Content (UGC) Moderation
Video Moderation

Amazon Mechanical Turk User Reviews

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  • Name: Anonymous (Verified)
    Job Title: Tutor
    Length of product use: 1-2 Years
    Used How Often?: Weekly
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 26 - 99
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
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    Few regulations on prices

    Date: Nov 23 2020

    Summary: There are people who make a good amount of side money off of this, though certainly no one makes enough to live off of every month. For businesses, labor comes cheaply, but with seemingly no bottom out on what they allow people to charge per task and task length, it just comes off really scummy. I personally feel a more ethical business wouldn't use a service like this out of principle.

    Positive: From a business standpoint, you can get a lot of cheap labor through this. And there are guides out there from a worker's end for how to make some decent side money.

    Negative: Amazon doesn't seem to regulate whatsoever the prices they allow people to ask for work for. It's not as bad as it used to be, but compared to other microtask services out there, this one comes off as one of the more unethical ones.

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