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Written by James Thomson on 2025-01-16 at 11:24

I am starting to suspect that the sites actually know that I'm not a robot, and just want to me to train their self-driving cars for free.

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Written by Eric Eggert on 2025-01-16 at 11:27

@jamesthomson No way! I think you’re on the trail of something big!

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Written by Owen 🇦🇺  on 2025-01-16 at 11:30

@jamesthomson Click all the wrong boxes 🤪

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Written by Fabien on 2025-01-16 at 11:30

@jamesthomson Starting?!?

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Written by James Thomson on 2025-01-16 at 14:36

@fabienmarry It was a joke!

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Written by penryu on 2025-01-16 at 11:32

@jamesthomson How many times do I need to fail the "R U A BOT" tests to get Teslas off the road?

Asking for me, so I can get Teslas off the road.

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Written by Eshu Marneedi on 2025-01-16 at 11:39

@jamesthomson Many people are saying this.

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Written by The Animal and the Machine on 2025-01-16 at 11:44

@jamesthomson

Undoubtedly they require both.

If they can package and sell something they will package and sell it. The ‘are you a robot’ test is undoubtedly a mass source of AI training.

With that motivation, they are incentivised to be extremely “secure” about knowing you are not a robot.

I cannot see Tech Bro’s not doing this.

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Written by Megumin on 2025-01-16 at 11:57

@jamesthomson https://xkcd.com/1897/

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Written by haikushane :d20: on 2025-01-16 at 11:58

@jamesthomson😮

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Written by Dan on 2025-01-16 at 12:48

@jamesthomson it’s also punishment for having privacy conscious cookie settings

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Written by Cheese_is_nice on 2025-01-16 at 13:32

@jamesthomson There's 2 popular subreddits at the moment; explain the joke and find the sniper.

I'm convinced they're also being used to train AI

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Written by CaryJM on 2025-01-16 at 13:35

@jamesthomson Yes, I’ve recently changed my own policy on this - I’m finished with them. Once you go through more than two when you know you’ve gotten them all correct, it’s time to pull the plug.

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Written by Albert Hickey on 2025-01-16 at 14:55

@jamesthomson For a while I reported scam YouTube ads

Then I started seeing more of them than before. Stopped reporting them and now see 'normal' ads for things I don't want rather than ads for scams.

You know the scam type

"Student discovered a way to heat your home that the heating industry don't want you to know about. They tried to buy it from hm but he wants to do right so is making it available for everyone.... "

Quick search find it's $20 off AliExpress sold for $60 from the ad.

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Written by Tom Harris on 2025-01-16 at 18:51

@jamesthomson conversely, I’m starting to think I might be a robot🙃

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