Human studies participants have a safer job than firemen. The trouble is that it is already woefully underpaid, and unsettled industries will increase supply.

Human studies participants have a safer job than firemen. The trouble is that it is already woefully underpaid, and unsettled industries will increase supply. There are crucial quality issues with Mechanical Turk, though, and when these really start damaging AI in obvious ways, the system (and the compensation, vetting procedures and oversight) seems likely to change.