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Today, two examples of gamifying labor. The classic smartphone game Pokémon Go has been using player game data and labor to map the world. Plus, ReCAPTCHA provides security -- and your security logins are digitizing books and articles.
If you're still playing Pokémon Go, you're helping train data-gobbling GPS AI for Niantic Spatial (Fran Ruiz, Eurogamer, Mar 16, 2026)
How Pokémon Go is giving delivery robots an inch-perfect view of the world (Will Douglas Heaven, MIT Technology Review, Mar 10, 2026)
Web Security Words Help Digitize Old Books (Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, Aug 14, 2008)
Instagram: @condensedsouppodcast
*This episode was recorded in my bedroom.
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By Lulu PicartToday, two examples of gamifying labor. The classic smartphone game Pokémon Go has been using player game data and labor to map the world. Plus, ReCAPTCHA provides security -- and your security logins are digitizing books and articles.
If you're still playing Pokémon Go, you're helping train data-gobbling GPS AI for Niantic Spatial (Fran Ruiz, Eurogamer, Mar 16, 2026)
How Pokémon Go is giving delivery robots an inch-perfect view of the world (Will Douglas Heaven, MIT Technology Review, Mar 10, 2026)
Web Security Words Help Digitize Old Books (Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, Aug 14, 2008)
Instagram: @condensedsouppodcast
*This episode was recorded in my bedroom.