On August 29th, 2016, Google launched the
Crowdsource application on Google Play. Despite being known for its artificial
intelligence team, its newest pilot project is looking for a human touch.
Targeting user contribution to improve the quality of Google’s services, the
pilot project allows users to complete brief tasks such as text translation,
image transcription and validate image recognition.
Described as “simple tasks that have a huge impact”, the
tech giant urges users to take a couple of seconds during their spare time to “make
the internet a better place” or more precisely, enhance the quality of services
such as Google Maps and Google Translate. Those who are multilingual can assist in
creating and verifying translations. As for those who are not as language
savvy, participation is still encouraged through the forms of image
transcription and handwriting recognition, which mostly consist of blurry
images of street signs.
Already known for its history of rewarding those who test
drive their services, this app currently does not offer any sort of compensation
to the surprise of many. In response to the negative criticisms, Google has
expressed that the app is not the final form factor. Perhaps, we could expect some
perks later down the line.
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