
Amazon Just Killed Mechanical Turk After 21 Years
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Jaeden and Conor break down Amazon’s decision to shut down Mechanical Turk, the micro-task platform that quietly powered AI training and the gig economy for over two decades. They dig into what its end signals about the future of work, how AI has already solved the tiny human tasks it was built for, and where human authenticity still holds value as automation keeps rising.
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Chapters
00:00 The Rise and Fall of Mechanical Turk
06:49 The Evolution of Gig Work and AI
12:55 The Future of Work in an AI-Driven World
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