I don't disagree with the negative connotations of the name, but it's not named ...

dodders on Dec 27, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Inside Amazon's clickworker platform

I don't disagree with the negative connotations of the name, but it's not named after the Turkish people, but rather after The Turk, a chess-playing machine invented in the 18th century: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Mechanical_Turk#Overvie...