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Looking To Spammers To Solve Hard AI Problems

Posted by timothy on from the dating-site-matchmaking dept.

An anonymous reader writes "With bots getting closer to beating text-based CAPTCHAs for good, New Scientist points out that when they do, OCR technology will at least have advanced. The article goes on to suggest that whatever kind of reverse Turing Test that comes next should be chosen to motivate spammers to solve other pressing AI problems, such as image recognition. Are there any other problems that criminal crowdsourcing could help with?"

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  1. SSSHHH!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Don't tell them that they're the ones that are actually being used! That spoils all the fun!

  2. True AI by not-my-real-name · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'll just bet that this is what leads to "true" artificial intelligence (whatever that is). Soon, we'll have completely automated agents trying to convince other completely automated agents to purchase stuff to enhance bits of biology that they don't have.

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    1. Re:True AI by geekboy642 · · Score: 2, Funny

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  3. eBay is already planning a captcha upgrade by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Starting next year, all eBay captchas will be upgraded. Users will now be required to provide the correct answer to a shared secret question and at least one testable proof for M-theory.

  4. Beat them with sex by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Replace captchas with pictures of hot/non-hot women.

    Simply ask "is this woman hot? [Yes]/[No]"

    Half of them will be so busy masturbating that they won't be cracking forms.

  5. Re:It was supposed to happen. by Jurily · · Score: 2, Funny

    If CAPTCHAs do continue, I'd like the next problem to be facial recognition software. I'd love a package that could look at a picture and tag it "Nicholas and Andrea" or "Glen and Helene".

    Given the likeliness of Linux being the test platform, this will work for female genitalia first.

  6. THe solution is simple. by Edward+Nardella · · Score: 2, Funny

    Security by obscurity could work no?

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  7. Dear Friend, by drolli · · Score: 5, Funny

    My father, a nigerian spammer passed away. He left an AI system on a server located in a datacenter. Sadly during the last phase of his life unpaid data transfer bills accumulated to a sum of $300000. I am already negotiating with the secret services of the word who want to buy this program for $10000000. I can't pay the data transfer bills, so i turn to you, a trustworthy AI reasearcher. For $300000 you get a share of $500000000 and the copyright to the source code.

    sincerely yours,

  8. Re:A really hard problem... by fucket · · Score: 2, Funny

    Good idea. Let's start with 7.

  9. Re:It was supposed to happen. by Joce640k · · Score: 3, Funny

    How about a "hot or not" test? How good are computers at deciding if somebody is hot or not?

    (Yeah, it's a joke, I understand the statistical implications of multiple-choice Turing tests).

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  10. Re:It was supposed to happen. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    One of the chans has "fapchas"; you have to identify various body parts by typing "tits", "vagoo", "dick", or "ass"

  11. Re:It was supposed to happen. by wisty · · Score: 2, Funny

    But that would mean that any self-important twat couldn't just freely post his own egotistical rantings online for everyone to see. I won't stand for it!

  12. Re:Capitalism at its best by Tablizer · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wherever there is greed, it can be harnessed to actually do some good. I love it!

    I never thought I'd say this on slashdot, but you need to watch more super-hero movies.
           

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  13. A new CAPTCHA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Please write the full name and address of someone who has been illegally downloading music.

    Your response will NOT be forwarded to RIAA.

  14. Re: Your sig by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Anyone who repeatedly insists on misunderstanding me will go on my foe list.

    What exactly does that mean?