keenkoon@lemm.ee to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoBots are better than humans at cracking ‘Are you a robot?’ Captcha tests, study findswww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up121arrow-down1external-linkBots are better than humans at cracking ‘Are you a robot?’ Captcha tests, study findswww.independent.co.ukkeenkoon@lemm.ee to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square9fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squareJarmer@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoMy tin foil hat tells me that these captcha tests were never about preventing actual bots, but rather they were intentionally put in place for google / whoeverelse to get free training on their image recognition software ai.
minus-squareperviouslyiner@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 years ago“To log in, click the stop signs in this image. Please be quick, as our self-driving car is approaching the junction!”
minus-squareMrSnowy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·2 years agoI still use it. It pays for discord nitro for me, and an app or three every year.
My tin foil hat tells me that these captcha tests were never about preventing actual bots, but rather they were intentionally put in place for google / whoeverelse to get free training on their image recognition software ai.
It’s not tinfoil at all.
“To log in, click the stop signs in this image. Please be quick, as our self-driving car is approaching the junction!”
https://xkcd.com/1897/
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I still use it. It pays for discord nitro for me, and an app or three every year.