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That is quite impressive. I wonder what will happen if you send a picture of a real dog or of an interstate sign or of, say, PG. I don't have an iPhone. Can som

• unalone 18y ago
  If it's using Mechanical Turk, then it'll be like the Kindle's NowNow service, where you'll get related info if not the exact thing.
  • joshuaxls 18y ago
    It uses Mechanical Turk. http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/12/amazon-proves-i.html http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/12/amazon-proves-i.html
    • seren6ipity 18y ago
      It's not just Mturks. From the horse's mouth "For fun, we'll also use a community of real people to find product matches on Amazon.com." @ http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?ie=UTF8&nodeId=200287200 http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?ie=UTF8&...
      • joshuaxls 18y ago
        Am I missing something? Isn't Mechanical Turk the community of real people? Or do you think "we'll also use..." means that they're using something else? I didn't get that gist from the full quote: "After you send us a photo, we'll store it on your Amazon Remembers list (similar to your Wish List) in the app and in your Lists at Amazon.com. For fun, we'll also use a community of real people to find product matches on Amazon.com."
        • seren6ipity 18y ago
          You may be right that that it's mturks only for product searches.