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The Emerging Science of Human Computation
A group of scientists, crowdsourcing pioneers, and visionaries has created a roadmap for research into human computation.
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The wisdom of the crowd has become a valuable resource with a number of successful projects and services tapping human cognition, and scientists are looking to get even more out of the emerging field of human computation. A group of computer scientists, crowdsourcing pioneers, and visionaries led by Pietro Michelucci at the Human Computation Institute, has created a roadmap for research into human computation.
The team, which met last year to discuss the increasing importance of crowdsourced cognition, believes human computation has considerable promise, as long as human cognition can be efficiently harnessed on a global scale.
The scientists note human computation systems have been used to address some complex problems, and describe the kinds of projects they would like to see, such as an initiative to help people considering suicide or suffering from depression.
Still, the researchers believe some significant issues must be addressed, including the ethical, legal, and social implications of human computation, and the optimal division of labor between humans and machines. They also call for a national center devoted to human computation.
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