clickwork

English

Etymology

From click +‎ -work.

Noun

clickwork (uncountable)

1. (technology) Repetitive and unskilled digital labour.
   • 2023 September 11, Morgan Meaker, “These Prisoners Are Training AI”, in Wired‎, San Francisco, Calif.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 6 February 2024:

     But in a high-wage economy like Finland, finding those data laborers was difficult. The Finnish welfare system's generous unemployment benefits leaves little incentive for Finns to sign up to low-wage clickwork platforms like Amazon's Mechanical Turk.

   • 2023 September 14, Emma Yeomans, “(article title)”, in The Times‎, London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 September 2023:

     'Clickwork' runs like clockwork as prisoners train AI systems

Derived terms

• clickworker

See also

• cybertariat