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Human Computation

GoogleTalksArchive · 31.2K views · 2012-08-22 · 51:33

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Overview

A 2006 Google TechTalk in which Luis von Ahn introduces human computation, using people's effort to solve problems like image recognition that computers cannot yet handle. It covers games with a purpose and related ideas such as CAPTCHAs.

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Recommended as a great technical talk from the pioneer of human computation.

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2013–2019

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Computer vision, speech & NLPAI & data (other)Futurism & technology and society
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bemmu · 2013-04 · Strong recommendation

I remember there being a better version of this, but Luis von Ahn's talk on "Human Computation" was great: [VIDEO]

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alexpotato · 2019-04 · Reference

I would think you could go a long way with just creating an ESP style game: [LINK] In this talk, the creator also goes into how they created a version to actually locate the key points in the image: [VIDEO]

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rawnlq · 2015-06 · Reference

Duolingo is started by Luis von Ahn who invented reCAPTCHA. He pioneered the field of human computation: [VIDEO] . He can monetize this in a similar way. Crowd sourced translation service where the more advanced language learners translate books or something. It will be higher quality than google translate for sure.

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