Distributed thinking

Distributed thinking

A Distributed thinking project is similar to Distributed computing except that the human computer-user performs the relevant tasks. The tasks usually being unsuitable or extremely difficult for computers but very easy for humans. Examples include Pattern recognition, proofreading, certain types of error checking.

Examples of distributed thinking projects include:

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