Comment by bawolff Comment by bawolff 3 days ago 6 replies Copy Link View on Hacker News Well the problem is that computers got good at basically everything.Early 2000s captchas really were like that.
Copy Link ok123456 3 days ago Collapse Comment - The original reCAPTCHA was doing distributed book OCR. It was sold as an altruistic project to help transcribe old books. Reply View | 5 replies Copy Link guappa 3 days ago Parent Collapse Comment - And now they're using us to train car driving AI :( Reply View | 4 replies Copy Link Aachen 3 days ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - I don't mind car driving AI, why the sad face?Maybe autonomous train training would be even cooler but it's not like improving tobacco products that only have downsides Reply View | 3 replies Copy Link [removed] 3 days ago Root Parent Next Collapse Comment - [deleted] Reply View | 0 replies Copy Link guappa 2 days ago Root Parent Prev Collapse Comment - I mind working for free. Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link Aachen 2 days ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - You'd rather do busywork that you know will definitely not benefit anyone? Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link guappa 3 days ago Parent Collapse Comment - And now they're using us to train car driving AI :( Reply View | 4 replies Copy Link Aachen 3 days ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - I don't mind car driving AI, why the sad face?Maybe autonomous train training would be even cooler but it's not like improving tobacco products that only have downsides Reply View | 3 replies Copy Link [removed] 3 days ago Root Parent Next Collapse Comment - [deleted] Reply View | 0 replies Copy Link guappa 2 days ago Root Parent Prev Collapse Comment - I mind working for free. Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link Aachen 2 days ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - You'd rather do busywork that you know will definitely not benefit anyone? Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link Aachen 3 days ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - I don't mind car driving AI, why the sad face?Maybe autonomous train training would be even cooler but it's not like improving tobacco products that only have downsides Reply View | 3 replies Copy Link [removed] 3 days ago Root Parent Next Collapse Comment - [deleted] Reply View | 0 replies Copy Link guappa 2 days ago Root Parent Prev Collapse Comment - I mind working for free. Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link Aachen 2 days ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - You'd rather do busywork that you know will definitely not benefit anyone? Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link guappa 2 days ago Root Parent Prev Collapse Comment - I mind working for free. Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link Aachen 2 days ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - You'd rather do busywork that you know will definitely not benefit anyone? Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link Aachen 2 days ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - You'd rather do busywork that you know will definitely not benefit anyone? Reply View | 0 replies
The original reCAPTCHA was doing distributed book OCR. It was sold as an altruistic project to help transcribe old books.