The MTurk is an abstract "cloud" of human intelligence (the tasks MTurks perform are called "HITs," which stands for #HumanIntelligenceTasks").
This is such a truism that techies in India joke that "AI" stands for "#AbsentIndians." Or, to use #JathanSadowski's wonderful term: #PotemkinAI:
https://reallifemag.com/potemkin-ai/
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"The term Potemkin derives from the name of a Russian minister who built fake villages to impress Empress Catherine II and disguise the true state of things."
Potemkin AI
Many instances of “artificial intelligence” are artificial displays of its power and potential
https://reallifemag.com/potemkin-ai/
Cory Doctorow
Joseph Nuthalapati 