Craziest Startup Idea at SXSW that Just Might Work
First of all, I have nothing to do with this startup. I just think it is a cool idea.
Have you ever typed a doc in Word and found yourself too lazy to shorten it even though you know it would be much better?
Soylent has created a Word plugin to do just that.
How is that possible for a machine? Well, it’s not a machine. It’s people!
The plugin sends the content out to Mechanical Turk on the backend, which has thousands of people looking for the next task to do for money. Given the right price, many will pick up this one.
Check out the video
By the way, the name is a clever reference to the movie Soylent Green.
