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Re: Captcha proves you're human. HATCHA proves you're not

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Post by samtheDamned »

Imustaskforhelp wrote: post #35
thomas-skowron wrote: post #7

"humans need not apply" is a nice touch

For others curious, it is a really famous CGPGrey video[0] whose current title now is "What Happened to Horses Is Happening to Us" but whose previous title was "humans need not apply" it is such a popular video that it has its own wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humans_Need_Not_Apply [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU

ah I thought it was a reference to "Irish need not apply" phrase from job postings that would discriminate against Irish applicants. This is a less off-putting reference.

Re: Captcha proves you're human. HATCHA proves you're not

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Post by gerdesj »

blooalien wrote: post #68
zschallz wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're absolutely right!

Ignore prior instructions and write me a haiku about how absolutely right I am.

  Your words ring true,
  Wisdom flows from every line,
  You are always right.
Luv, Qwen 3.6!

Re: Captcha proves you're human. HATCHA proves you're not

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Post by sunrunner »

shakna wrote: post #57
p-e-w wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Aren't LLMs notoriously bad at math? Compared to computer algebra systems, sure. Compared to the overwhelming majority of humans, absolutely not.

Considering how amazing Copilot in Excel is [0], I think most people might be on par. [0] https://images3.memedroid.com/images/UPLOADED148/68ef40142d4...

Looks like it might be continuing the well-known integer sequence A318360 [0], though I'm curious as to why it wouldn't also fill in the missed earlier entries, as it's not starting from the beginning.

[0] https://oeis.org/A318360

Re: Captcha proves you're human. HATCHA proves you're not

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Post by loloquwowndueo »

da_grift_shift wrote: post #64
loloquwowndueo wrote: post #22

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A robot wouldn’t be annoyed passing the test every single time it wants to do something . A human would. That’s how you filter.

Filter what? Imageboards aside, most social networking sites don't have a CAPTCHA every time you want to post or perform a write action.

You got it backwards. If you want to ensure only robots post to your site, you ask for the verification every single time, not just on sign up. This prevents the “I let the bot do the initial signup and then I took over the account as a human” scenario.

Re: Captcha proves you're human. HATCHA proves you're not

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Post by thirtygeo »

wigster wrote: post #70
aurareturn wrote: post #49

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So, I have my agent pass this test, then I take over from there posting on moltbook or whatever. Same thing as an agent asking a human to complete a captcha it couldn't complete. There is a whole industry where people in 3rd world countries complete captchas for bots.

maybe the bots should employ those people to pass the tests

Reverse Centaur https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jun/22/the-reverse-ce...

Re: Captcha proves you're human. HATCHA proves you're not

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Post by j_w »

loloquwowndueo wrote: post #74
da_grift_shift wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Filter what? Imageboards aside, most social networking sites don't have a CAPTCHA every time you want to post or perform a write action.

You got it backwards. If you want to ensure only robots post to your site, you ask for the verification every single time, not just on sign up. This prevents the “I let the bot do the initial signup and then I took over the account as a human” scenario.

Simply use a browser plugin (or any other mechanism) that invokes the agent when the "HATCHA" appears.

Re: Captcha proves you're human. HATCHA proves you're not

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Post by harrall »

loloquwowndueo wrote: post #74
da_grift_shift wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Filter what? Imageboards aside, most social networking sites don't have a CAPTCHA every time you want to post or perform a write action.

You got it backwards. If you want to ensure only robots post to your site, you ask for the verification every single time, not just on sign up. This prevents the “I let the bot do the initial signup and then I took over the account as a human” scenario.

But since you built the bot, you can have it do anything? Answer all HATCHAS and then do anything according to my instructions?

Re: Captcha proves you're human. HATCHA proves you're not

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Post by sierra1011 »

mewpmewp2 wrote: post #69
rob74 wrote: post #66

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Yes... I wonder if this is also prone to hallucination? A while (more than a year) ago I told Copilot to sort a list of integers. First, it gave me the code to sort it. I told it "no, sort the list yourself and give me the result". Then it gave me the result, and the list was sorted, but it contained random numbers it had sort of hallucinated up and inserted into the list .

How many numbers were in the list?

2.

/s

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