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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I’d just like to understand the mechanics of this. I pick out all the crosswalks or whatever. The captcha has to know which squares are the “correct” answers already, to evaluate if I am a robot. So that data could already be in the AI database, without me ever being included. So how does my input help the AI in any way?