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Communications of the ACM, Volume 52, Issue 3

Pages 16 - 17

https://doi.org/10.1145/1467247.1467254

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Using crowdsourcing applications, humans around the world are transcribing audio files, conducting market research, and labeling data, for work or pleasure.

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Communications of the ACM Volume 52, Issue 3

Being Human in the Digital Age

March 2009

138 pages

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DOI:10.1145/1467247

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