Meanings
nounclickwork (uncountable)
- uncountableengineeringRepetitive and unskilled digital labour.
'Clickwork' runs like clockwork as prisoners train AI systems
2023 September 14, Emma Yeomans, “(article title)”, in The Times, London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Sep 20231 more example
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 11, Morgan Meaker, “These Prisoners Are Training AI”, in Wired, San Francisco, Calif.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Feb 2024
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APA
clickwork. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clickwork
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“clickwork.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clickwork. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clickwork,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clickwork.
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