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[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago

the mechanical turk, despite being our rhetorical refrain for this, was waaaaay more mechanically impressive than the tech-company "smart" devices that function off oblique remote third world labor.

you can set up a wifi-connected remote drone in an afternoon, the mechanical turk was a bespoke and sophisticated illusion, that relied on a talented and discreet staff