A Deeper Look at CAPTCHA Systems

The Banana Data Podcast

Episode | Podcast

Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2020 05:00:00 -0400

<p>In this episode, Chris and Triveni take a deeper look at CAPTCHA, a completely automated system that has become a nearly inevitable part of a user&apos;s online experience. How did complete automation of this system give rise to complications and exclusion of a smaller subset of the online community? How do you distinguish between pure artificial intelligence and artificial intelligence that&apos;s being powered by a human? Finally, what ethical concerns should we be taking into consideration? <br /><br />Learn more about the articles referenced in this episode:<br /><br /><a href="https://abilitynet.org.uk/news-blogs/ai-making-captcha-increasingly-cruel-disabled-users">CAPTCHA: Hard for Humans, Easy for Bots </a>by Liel Strauch and Hadas Weinrib (Perimeterx)<br /><br /><a href="https://abilitynet.org.uk/news-blogs/ai-making-captcha-increasingly-cruel-disabled-users">AI is making CAPTCHA increasingly cruel for disabled users </a>by Robin.Christopherson (Ability Net)<br /> <br /><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/1/18205610/google-captcha-ai-robot-human-difficult-artificial-intelligence">Why CAPTCHAS Have Gotten So Difficult </a>by Josh Dzieza (The Verge)<br /><br /><a href="https://faculty.washington.edu/ajko/">Amy J. Ko</a> (Bio)</p><p>Be sure to subscribe to our <a href="https://banana-data.com/">weekly newsletter</a> to get this podcast &amp; a host of new and exciting data-happenings in your inbox!</p>