The NY Times on ‘captchas’. At the time of Turing, we were wondering if computers would pass the Turing Test. Today, these captchas stop computer programs from fooling us into thinking they’re humans. We’ve come a long way! via missing matter
Captchas
I highlight the shift from the Turing Test to CAPTCHAs, where automated programs now verify human identity. It is a reversal of history, using challenges to stop computers from mimicking humans online.