With all the high technology development, why can’t bots check boxes that say “I am not a robot”?

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With all the high technology development, why can’t bots check boxes that say “I am not a robot”?

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Answer 1

If it presents you that checkbox and accepts it, it’s because the system already has a model indicating you are a human. Previous trackable behavior etc. says that you’re not a robot, so you get the easy challenge.

This is pretty common in the anti-fraud world. You can “randomly” get asked for stronger account authentication, for example — something like associating a phone number with your account. That’s based on the confidence that the fraud model has on whether your account is legitimate.