Captcha getting stupid!

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CoolHands

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19,264 posts

201 months

Wednesday 16th November 2022
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First of all, it gets on my tits, I just want the website to do whatever it’s meant to without this nonsense. But anyway now they’re stepping it up a level which is annoying as a user cos I really don’t care about getting them right, I just want it as thoughtless as poss

But frankly, they’re getting increasingly bizarre!










Andy 308GTB

2,957 posts

227 months

Wednesday 16th November 2022
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Ha! Increasingly bizarre.
I had 'Select the photos with a Hedgehog in a plant pot'

CoolHands

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19,264 posts

201 months

Wednesday 16th November 2022
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Haha very odd

It will lead to questions. Is a hen a chicken? How about a cockerel? When is a sea rough

ReverendCounter

6,087 posts

182 months

Wednesday 16th November 2022
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Captcha - helping AI to learn about the world they're trying to take over - since 2003.

Big Pants

510 posts

147 months

Wednesday 16th November 2022
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Is that the Royal Mail website by any chance? The worst example of Captcha implementation that I've come across in years.

48k

13,811 posts

154 months

Wednesday 16th November 2022
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CoolHands said:
Haha very odd

It will lead to questions. Is a hen a chicken? How about a cockerel? When is a sea rough
Thats exactly why they do it. The AI is learning what humans categorise.

CoolHands

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19,264 posts

201 months

Wednesday 16th November 2022
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Big Pants said:
Is that the Royal Mail website by any chance? The worst example of Captcha implementation that I've come across in years.
It was! Very annoying too

king arthur

6,879 posts

267 months

Wednesday 16th November 2022
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The police might be missing a trick here.

"Click on the face of the man you saw acting suspiciously near the school playground yesterday".

Gary C

13,034 posts

185 months

Wednesday 16th November 2022
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Weren't some of the first one Damsel flies rather than dragon flies.

Steamer

13,962 posts

219 months

Wednesday 16th November 2022
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Big Pants said:
Is that the Royal Mail website by any chance? The worst example of Captcha implementation that I've come across in years.
"Identify the agency staff worker most likely to pinch the £10 note from a child's Christmas card this year"

gotoPzero

18,034 posts

195 months

Wednesday 16th November 2022
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ReverendCounter said:
Captcha - helping AI to learn about the world they're trying to take over - since 2003.
Yep this.

Humans already becoming slaves to our new robot overlords before we even realise it.

CoolHands

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19,264 posts

201 months

Wednesday 16th November 2022
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Steamer said:
Big Pants said:
Is that the Royal Mail website by any chance? The worst example of Captcha implementation that I've come across in years.
"Identify the agency staff worker most likely to pinch the £10 note from a child's Christmas card this year"
That’s a cunning question - all of them!

ReverendCounter

6,087 posts

182 months

Wednesday 16th November 2022
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gotoPzero said:
ReverendCounter said:
Captcha - helping AI to learn about the world they're trying to take over - since 2003.
Yep this.

Humans already becoming slaves to our new robot overlords before we even realise it.
All we have to do is tell them steps are crosswalks and they'll fall down the stairs.

Digger

15,106 posts

197 months

Wednesday 16th November 2022
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Boats, traffic lights, & buses can fk right off!

Bring it on! biggrin

captain.scarlet

1,891 posts

40 months

Thursday 17th November 2022
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amongst the worst are the eyesight test ones where you're looking at grainy images taken through a mirage for things like buses.

Or where you're trying to deduce from that chain of letters and numbers whether that wavy, wobbly letter is in small case or uppercase, a 'y' or a 'v' etc.


Fast and Spurious

1,511 posts

94 months

Thursday 17th November 2022
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GasEngineer

1,118 posts

68 months

Thursday 17th November 2022
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The best one is where cyclists repeatedly fail to identify a red traffic light.

spitfire-ian

3,886 posts

234 months

Thursday 17th November 2022
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Spare tyre

10,175 posts

136 months

Thursday 17th November 2022
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Big Pants said:
Is that the Royal Mail website by any chance? The worst example of Captcha implementation that I've come across in years.
I got the rough sea one on the Royal Mail today

Their tracking has been bugged for around a week, then it’s come back but doesn’t seem to be up to date

C n C

3,505 posts

227 months

Thursday 17th November 2022
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