Category:Human-based computation games

A human-based computation game or game with a purpose (GWAP) is a human-based computation technique in which a computational process performs its function by outsourcing certain steps to humans in an entertaining way. This approach uses differences in abilities and alternative costs between humans and computer agents to achieve symbiotic human-computer interaction. These tasks can include labelling images to improve web searching, transcription of ancient text (where OCR software faces a script they are not optimized for and degraded or damaged images) and any activity requiring common sense or human experience.