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In 2005, Venky Harinarayan believed that a platform could be created to exploit the fact that humans can easily perform certain tasks that were difficult for computers. Harinarayan, who worked under Jeff Bezos during Amazon’s early days, predicted that there was a business to be built around connecting those who wanted research done with those who were willing to do it. He created the marketplace in 2005, and called it the<a href="https://www.mturk.com/" target="_blank"> Mechanical Turk</a>.