3 Crowdsourcing Predictions That are TOTALLY Going to Come True (By 2020)

I do more than just write about crowdsourcing; I happen to think a lot about it as well.  And, specifically, I think a lot about the future of crowdsourcing. Here are my top 3 bets on where crowdsourcing will take us and where we will take it in the next 5-7 years. 1. Real-time crowdsourcing will be the norm. When you currently request tasks on Mturk, or ask a question on social-search engines like Jig.com or Quora, you can get results within minutes, but it is more often that you get them within a few hours or days. But, in the near future, we will have a few tools (that we don't have today) that will encourage faster response times: Different UI’s involving live video feeds More complex, sophisticated, and intelligent online work environments A larger crowd of readily accessible talent (that will result from the growing popularity of crowdsourcing) With these e...