[TriLUG] OT: Crowdsourcing in fiction

[Neil L. Little]

Ah yes, it involved a role playing game called something like Spy. A 
player would get a call to pick up a package and deliver it some where, 
or to another person. They would also be called upon to track movements 
of individuals and text the information to a particular number. If I 
remember both the main characters in the story "Halting State" were gamers.

73,
Neil, WA4AZL

Matt Nash wrote:
> It also figures significantly in Stross' novel Halting State. Not 
> exactly the human computation angle, but it involves people who think 
> they are playing an augmented-reality game but are actually 
> accomplishing something for someone else.
>
> Neil L. Little wrote:
>> The only one I can think of right now is Charles Stross. There was a 
>> book featured a few months back on SciFi Book Club called Wireless. I 
>> can't find it any more on the site.
>>
>> 73,
>> Neil, WA4AZL
>>
>> Tom Eisenmenger wrote:
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> I'm preparing a presentation on human computation and, to introduce the
>>> idea, want to present a scenario that sets the tone of the talk. I 
>>> seem to
>>> remember a scene in a "cyberpunk" short story or novel where the author
>>> speaks of a near future where a popular viral cellphone game is, in 
>>> fact,
>>> helping researchers develop a cure or sequence DNA. Problem is, I 
>>> read the
>>> passage years ago and have long forgotten its source. Could have been
>>> Gibson, maybe Stephenson, possibly Sterling - who knows? I suspect a
>>> sizeable percentage of list members have read some (if not all) of 
>>> these
>>> authors' works ;-) If there's anyone out there who can help me 
>>> remember,
>>> I'd appreciate it!
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>
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