Welcome to the @OriginalWorks sponsored writing contest! Status: CLOSED. Accepted Languages: English

Start Time: ~10 PM ET, Thursday

End Time: ~10 PM ET, Sunday

This is a call to all great Steemit writers! Effect.AI really enjoyed hearing from Steemit users last time. Since the topic of AI was of such huge interest, Effect.AI has sponsored another Steemit writing contest! This contest will revolve around their coming release of Phase 1: Effect Force (Decentralized Mechanical Turk)!

Please make sure to read the contest topic carefully. Good luck! We are concentrating on Phase 1: Effect Force!

Prizes: 230 STEEM + 40 Bonuses 1st Place: 40 STEEM

2nd Place: 32 STEEM

3rd Place: 28 STEEM

4th Place: 23 STEEM

5th Place: 19 STEEM

6th Place: 17 STEEM

7th Place: 15 STEEM

8th Place: 13 STEEM

9th Place: 12 STEEM

10th Place: 11 STEEM

11th - 15th: 5 STEEM

16th - 55th: 1 STEEM Bonus Deadline: 72 Hours

All articles must be submitted within 72 hours of this post to be considered!

Changes in submission rules below

What is Effect.AI? A Quick Recap!

Effect.AI is a decentralized AI network.

Effect.AI is building the Effect Network. As some of you might recall, the network will evolve in phases in order to reach its operational goal. This was outlined in the previous Effect.AI contest, which can be found here.

The Three Phases:

Phase 1: Effect Force (Decentralized Mechanical Turk)

This is the very first step in bringing the Effect Network

to life. Developers and companies will be able to put up tasks for people to complete. These tasks will enable the users to earn, the developers to better their applications and for companies to accomplish their goals.

This step is crucial for the Effect Network to grow a user base. It is the foundation on which the next phases build.

Status: Releasing Soon!

Phase 2: Effect Smart Market

As the name suggests, this phase concentrates on building a marketplace where AI services can be bought and sold. This will be the stage that allows commercialization of AI and human intelligence.

Status: Coming soon!

Phase 3: Effect Power

The final phase to bringing the Effect Network to the forefront of decentralized AI is computing power. AI systems are very resource intensive, and this last step will ensure that computing power can be easily attained or lent in order to execute heavy applications.

Status: Coming soon!

Effect Force: Decentralized Mechanical Turk

Phase 1 of 3, Effect Force (Decentralized Mechanical Turk), is coming soon! Users will now be able to join the network to earn EFX tokens for performing micro-tasks. Effect.AI will connect AI developers with the workforce, allowing them to instantly earn for helping enrich data that will improve AI applications!

Socio-Economic Effects

As Effect Force grows, it will have many economic impacts and benefits. There will be numerous jobs in the form of tasks which can act as a source of income for participants of the network. This will not only bring more human intelligence to the Effect Network, but it will also improve the lives of many, especially those living in developing nations and struggling to find a stable income.

Fair & Instant Pay

Human intelligence is the driving force in helping a fully decentralized AI blockchain come to fruition. Simple supply and demand will ensure that tasks are priced fairly and competitively. As individuals contribute to building the future of AI they will be rewarded fairly and also instantly. This flexibility will make it attractive for users and even allow people with jobs to earn something extra on the side.

What Can Effect Force Do?

The possibilities are endless. Here are just a few examples:

Human Verification

Human verification requires the ability to notice things that an AI still does poorly. Let's say there is an image uploading website for photos of flowers. They are geared towards a wide audience of users. The company needs to ensure that the photos uploaded are indeed flowers and not something else like cars. For an AI to be able to accurately assess the nature of the images it needs to be trained and have a lot of data and statistics to use as its foundation. This is a great example where Effect M-Turk could solve the issue.

By assigning tasks to users, the company can ensure that the website content is relevant and slowly train its AI to become better at identifying the nature of photos by testing it and comparing it with results that human verification attains.

Testing

AI systems revolve around continuous testing and improvement. Using the same example of a flower image uploading website, the AI software would improve over time as it is tested against human verified data.

Another potential use in testing is to find bugs and errors. A commercial software may be designed to be used by millions of people. Before releasing it to the public, companies could utilize Effect Force (decentralized mechanical turk) in order to find bugs that are hard to see in a regular test environment. Some bugs could happen only one in a million times but be a major security flaw. By paying users on the Effect Network, companies can prove that their software will be able to withstand heavy usage.

For a demo of Effect Force check out this video:

