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

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Post by drdexebtjl »

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

A bit off topic, but does anyone know what happened to CGP Grey?

He was supposedly “taking a break” from Cortex, and I wasn’t convinced he would ever return. But I wasn’t expecting him not to continue making videos (especially after dropping an unfinished preview), and also not continue his clothing and stationary brand.

I hope he’s well.

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

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Post by skinfaxi »

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

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Even if they did it wouldn't stop a human from interdicting.

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

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Post by loloquwowndueo »

j_w wrote: post #77
loloquwowndueo wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

“Simply”

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

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Post by nephihaha »

steve_woody wrote: post #5
nephihaha wrote: post #2

Weirdly, I can see how this might be useful.

Can you elaborate? I was about to ask that question

It might be useful if you wanted a bot to access something but not someone passing by casually. You could use it to store information. It wouldn't be encrypted exactly...

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

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Post by tmikaeld »

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

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

Between 6 and 7

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

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Post by blooalien »

gerdesj wrote: post #72
blooalien wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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!

LOL! Qwen's probably one of my favorite language models right now TBH. Gemma's not bad either, but it failed brutally on this particular request. Apparently it's incapable of counting syllables. :)
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