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Optical Illusions as CAPTCHA?

1 pointsby Ninjaneeredover 6 years ago

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Ninjaneeredover 6 years ago
If the article is correct and AI has a hard time generating or understanding optical illusions, could they be exploited to determine human from computer?<p>After typing that out, I&#x27;m not sure I could actually answer a question about the referenced optical illusion [1] in the article. For example, what direction is the full wheel in the upper-left turning? Who knows, but I have a headache now.<p>Edit: it seems this has been discussed before [2], [3], [4]<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;i.kinja-img.com&#x2F;gawker-media&#x2F;image&#x2F;upload&#x2F;u2fqwmggufhl6edenlna.jpg" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;i.kinja-img.com&#x2F;gawker-media&#x2F;image&#x2F;upload&#x2F;u2fqwmgguf...</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;security.stackexchange.com&#x2F;questions&#x2F;116612&#x2F;using-optical-illusions-as-captcha" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;security.stackexchange.com&#x2F;questions&#x2F;116612&#x2F;using-op...</a><p>[3] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;arstechnica.com&#x2F;civis&#x2F;viewtopic.php?f=23&amp;t=59240" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;arstechnica.com&#x2F;civis&#x2F;viewtopic.php?f=23&amp;t=59240</a><p>[4] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;qz.com&#x2F;1047988&#x2F;amazon-amzn-has-a-new-captcha-that-youre-designed-to-fail&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;qz.com&#x2F;1047988&#x2F;amazon-amzn-has-a-new-captcha-that-yo...</a>