The Verge:
In the early 2000s, simple images of text were enough to stump most spambots. In 2014, Google pitted one of its machine learning algorithms against humans in solving the most distorted text CAPTCHAs: the computer got the test right 99.8 percent of the time, while the humans got a mere 33 percent.
Google then moved to NoCaptcha ReCaptcha, which observes user data and behavior to let some humans pass through with a click of the “I’m not a robot” button, and presents others with the image labeling we see today. But the machines are once again catching up. All those awnings that may or may not be storefronts? They’re the endgame in humanity’s arms race with the machines.
Sadly, CAPTCHA’s seem like a necessary evil of today’s internet.
Seems like a necessary evil that is failing and going to have to be improved or replace. I’m a little concerned about how difficult the replacement ends up being.
Captcha are a necessary evil, but Recaptcha do more arm than good to the Internet. It is so buggy that when a vendor use it, I prefer to look if I find an other vendor without Recaptcha before trying to solve it…
Modern CAPTCHAs are becoming tediously extensive. Within how many blurry photos do you need me to discern poorly-cropped details?
I do not accept the premise that they are necessary or evil. I despise them, but no matter how annoying they are, I do not see them as evil. Also, I have yet to hear an explanation from someone as to why they are necessary.
I stipulate that it is possible that there is some reason of which I am unaware as to why they are necessary. However, why is it possible for me to access some of the most popular sites on the internet without the use of them if they are so necessary?
I’m so tired of training company’s self-driving cars.
Cat & mouse game.
CAPTCHA’s have always been and will always be a band-aid solution.
What does it say when AI is 98.8% correct, while humans are only ~33% correct? It means your solution is no longer valid, so stop using it.