For those that don't know it exists, r/slavelabour (not literal slave labour) is a great place to outsource things (https://www.reddit.com/r/slavelabour).
I've gotten a virtual assistant through it that has saved me massive amounts of time and sanity (at around 5$ per hour at start and 7$ per hour now with base rate of 5$ per week)
I've also gotten scripts made and a translation to Japanese done for my friends thesis
Bountied rationality (https://www.facebook.com/groups/1781724435404945/) also exists but is much more expensive since less efficient market with fewer people clustered in countries with higher wages.
if anyone has a thing they're thinking of posting there lemme know and I can probably give advice. If you're interested in getting a virtual assistant, I can point you to the post I made and how you could try to get one too (I offered 5$/hr 4 hours a week and got 20 literally applicants)
The idea sounds interesting. I have absolutely no idea what quality of work should I realistically expect.
Looking at the subreddit didn't help me with this question: I only see people debating money and type of work, but I can't see any samples.
Yeah, maybe it's cheap enough to simply try it. Maybe 3× spend $5 on one hour of someone's work, and then decide whether it's worth it on average.