CAPTCHAs don’t prove you’re human – they prove you’re American (2017)
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Re: CAPTCHAs don’t prove you’re human – they prove you’re American (2017)
#2In my country (UK) taxis are not yellow either (although yellow is a common colour for taxis throughout the world) but I am still able to guess which pictures are of taxis when the other options are of palm trees and a van.
I think that's the point of these captchas. The average human being has no problem passing the test even if they are not 100% familiar with all the details.
There is obviously a limit and indeed pictures should be chosen to be generic enough to be workable throughout the world, but I feel this is 'problem' is blown out of proportion by some commenters.
Re: CAPTCHAs don’t prove you’re human – they prove you’re American (2017)
#3In my country (UK) taxis are not yellow either (although yellow is a common colour for taxis throughout the world) but I am still able to guess which pictures are of taxis when the other options are of palm trees and a van. I think that's the point of these captchas. The average human being has no problem passing the test even if they are not 100% familiar with all the details. There is obviously a limit and indeed p…
Around here the van is more likely to be a taxi than any car. So,... no. The cultural bias is nauseating. I've never yet managed to identify a crosswalk. I frequently fail at busses. All this click-click-click on items mysterious is just exhausting and leaves me feeling drained and dehumanised. These days if I see one I generally just bounce. It's less humiliating that way.
Re: CAPTCHAs don’t prove you’re human – they prove you’re American (2017)
#4In my country (UK) taxis are not yellow either (although yellow is a common colour for taxis throughout the world) but I am still able to guess which pictures are of taxis when the other options are of palm trees and a van. I think that's the point of these captchas. The average human being has no problem passing the test even if they are not 100% familiar with all the details. There is obviously a limit and indeed p…
I had one that asked for pedestrian crossings. Now, I've visited enough places to know that they change a lot, and that usually when you're there with context you can spot them. But from a weirdly angled photo I can't tell if that sequence of short white stripes is a crossing or some type of intersection marker like it could be in some places.
When I decided it looked too narrow to be a crossing, the captcha wouldn't let me through until I agreed that it in fact was a crossing.
Re: CAPTCHAs don’t prove you’re human – they prove you’re American (2017)
#5In my country (UK) taxis are not yellow either (although yellow is a common colour for taxis throughout the world) but I am still able to guess which pictures are of taxis when the other options are of palm trees and a van. I think that's the point of these captchas. The average human being has no problem passing the test even if they are not 100% familiar with all the details. There is obviously a limit and indeed p…
What the hell is a crosswalk
Re: CAPTCHAs don’t prove you’re human – they prove you’re American (2017)
#6The crosswalks Captcha provides the most difficult cultural discrepancy for me. Some US crosswalks look like European "forbidden for all traffic" road markings. Pretty much the opposite of a crosswalk. I always have to do a double take on those.
Re: CAPTCHAs don’t prove you’re human – they prove you’re American (2017)
#7In my country (UK) taxis are not yellow either (although yellow is a common colour for taxis throughout the world) but I am still able to guess which pictures are of taxis when the other options are of palm trees and a van. I think that's the point of these captchas. The average human being has no problem passing the test even if they are not 100% familiar with all the details. There is obviously a limit and indeed p…
What the hell is a crosswalk
What the hell is a chimney
Re: CAPTCHAs don’t prove you’re human – they prove you’re American (2017)
#8In my country (UK) taxis are not yellow either (although yellow is a common colour for taxis throughout the world) but I am still able to guess which pictures are of taxis when the other options are of palm trees and a van. I think that's the point of these captchas. The average human being has no problem passing the test even if they are not 100% familiar with all the details. There is obviously a limit and indeed p…
What the hell is a crosswalk
Zebra crossing, mate.
Re: CAPTCHAs don’t prove you’re human – they prove you’re American (2017)
#9They use captcha to help AI to identify things, therefore: Keep it in the US
Re: CAPTCHAs don’t prove you’re human – they prove you’re American (2017)
#10The crosswalks Captcha provides the most difficult cultural discrepancy for me. Some US crosswalks look like European "forbidden for all traffic" road markings. Pretty much the opposite of a crosswalk. I always have to do a double take on those.
And in India, they are commonly refereed to as "Zebra Crossing". No one refers to them as cross-walks and most have no idea about that term.