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Captchas are one tool frequently used to stop spammers from using | Captchas are one tool frequently used to stop spammers from using | ||
computer programs to register for web-accounts or to deface wiki pages | computer programs to register for web-accounts or to deface wiki pages | ||
with | with advertisements. Captcha's are most familiar as a picture of | ||
garbeled or distorted text that humans are asked to decode on a | |||
of Captcha that asks a series of | website. This project uses a new type of Captcha that asks a series of | ||
questions. This new Captcha is | commonsense questions. This new Captcha is accessible to vision | ||
distinguish between human and computers. Most importantly, it allows | impaired users and is able to distinguish between human and computers | ||
individuals to, | effectively. Most importantly, it allows individuals to, in the | ||
process of their normal actions, make easy and constructive | |||
databases. | contributions to AI research by helping verify and shared a | ||
commonsense databases. |
Revision as of 21:25, 2 January 2006
The original proposal (now a little bit dated as it was written before the project was implemented or even fully designed) is over at Benjamin Mako Hill's personal wiki at: http://wiki.mako.cc/CommonSenseApproachToSpam
Short Description
A Captcha is a "Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart." Captchas are one tool frequently used to stop spammers from using computer programs to register for web-accounts or to deface wiki pages with advertisements. Captcha's are most familiar as a picture of garbeled or distorted text that humans are asked to decode on a website. This project uses a new type of Captcha that asks a series of commonsense questions. This new Captcha is accessible to vision impaired users and is able to distinguish between human and computers effectively. Most importantly, it allows individuals to, in the process of their normal actions, make easy and constructive contributions to AI research by helping verify and shared a commonsense databases.