Micro-Task
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A Micro-Task is a task that takes a short duration of time.
- Context:
- It can range from being an Unpaid Micro-Task to being a Paid Piece-Work.
- It can range from being a Human-Level Intelligence Microtask to being a Sub-Human-Level Intelligence Microtask.
- Example(s):
- a Human-level Intelligence Microtask, such as a mturk HIT.
- …
- Counter-Example(s):
- a Macro-Task.
- See: Simple Task, Micro-Service, AWS Lambda Service.
References
2013
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piece_work#Work_settings
- …Crowdsourcing systems such as Mechanical Turk involve minute information-processing tasks (such as identifying photos or recognizing signatures) for which workers are compensated on a per-task basis.