Filling out captchas helps google train AI models

Georgi Guninski guninski at guninski.com
Sat Jun 18 01:23:34 PDT 2016


On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 10:29:17PM +0000, Mr Nobody wrote:
> I just discovered that the reCaptchas that you usually bump into when
> using tor are not only a way to distinguish humans, but also they use
> your replies to train artificial intelligence modes
> 
> https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/index.html#creation-of-value
> <https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/index.html>
> 
> Tor users helping google with image recognition lol
>

When over tor, some captchas with distorted images are so weird, I am
not sure solution exists at all...

Is it possible this to be on purpose?

Or should I try to pass the Turing test? :)



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