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Amazon is closing Mechanical Turk, the human workforce it sold as AI

"Amazon is closing Mechanical Turk on 30 September, ending the 21-year-old marketplace that paid people cents a task to do what computers could not. A 2023 study found up to 46% of its workers were already using AI to complete the jobs. "

by Alina Maria Stan / via TheNextWeb

#Amazon #AI #mechanicalTurk #humanIntelligence #tech

https://thenextweb.com/news/amazon-mechanical-turk-closing-september-2026

#request - does anyone know of any panel services that are affordable? I need some survey participants (200 would be lovely) and quick, because of [swear words while thinking of why]. I'm looking into #mechanicalturk but I don't know if I can get this to happen quickly enough; I have one week.

I need young adults, English speaking (native fluency). North American would be fine, but European is great, too. Maybe near East (e.g., India, Pakistan) if the language fluency is there. Region/nation is less important than the age range and the language ability.

I'd be paying for this out of pocket, and I don't have much money, so hoping I can find inexpensive services somewhere (<<$500 USD? Maybe closer to $200? realizing this might not be possible because I've never looked into this until now). Qualtrics has panels but they're far too expensive for me. I'm googling, but asking here first.

#Recommendations?

#research #survey #surveyresearch #panel #participants #help #lastminute