If we’re supposedly training AIs to recognize cars, busses, etc. by filling in CAPTCHAs, how come we are still teaching them the same stuff as 10 years ago? Shouldn’t the images have gotten harder or more sophisticated, to reflect the AIs increasing ability to recognize objects?

Question

I’ve been filling them out now for nearly 10 years, and they’re always the same! If someone can explain to me how this can be, I’d be very grateful <3

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Answer 1

When training AI’s, quantity *is* complexity. The more different photos of traffic lights, cars, crosswalks, etc can be identified, the better the AI is. You want the machine to be correct in every time of day, every street corner, every weather situation, and every angle. Even when the object is partially obstructed, or in shadow, or with glare, which just requires more and more samples to be identified.

That and, I believe they have gotten more sophisticated, and ask more specific questions now than ten years ago. But then, I don’t have a comprehensive list of every captcha for the last decade.