• profdc9@lemmy.world
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    Everyone knows that the real purpose of CAPTCHA tests are to train computers to replace us.

    • Draconic NEO@lemmy.world
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      And also to frustrate people who use anonimization techniques including use of the Tor Network to get them to turn off their protections to be more easily fingerprinted.

    • over_clox@lemmy.world
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      The funniest part of that is the people designing the AI systems seem to be completely oblivious to the fact that they’re slowly but surely trying to eliminate their own species. ☹️

      • sheogorath@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Yes the planet got destroyed. But for a beautiful moment in time we created a lot of value for shareholders.

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    1 year ago

    Just encountered a captcha yesterday that I had to refresh several times and then listen to the audio playback. The letters were so obscured by a black grid that it was impossible to read them.

  • C4d@lemmy.world
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    I thought Captcha tests were being used to train image recognition systems no?

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      Yes, but that’s more of a side quest for the system. Primary use case has always been security.

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    I failed a captcha repeatedly until I discovered you can listen to a description and then enter it. Visually I could not figure out what I was looking at