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?

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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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They have changed plenty.

Dog, Banana, Sedan please pick the car.

Then it was identify every picture with a car.

Now many of them are like pick every square in this picture that contains a traffic light.

We have advanced from teaching them pictures of things to teaching them how much of a picture is that thing.

Also don’t forget, the teaching AI is a side benefit. The primary purpose is actually keeping out bots. So even simpler ones are fine for that.