Why Do Websites Keep Asking If You're a Robot?

Why Do Websites Keep Asking If You're a Robot? A robot could tick a box. Ticking a box is the easiest thing software could possibly do — so what did that test actually measure? Here is what happens in the two seconds before you click, why you were digitising old books and training self-driving cars without being told, why the puzzles stopped working when machines got better than us, and why the people most careful about privacy get shown the most traffic lights. #OscarExplains #CaptchaExplained #Recaptcha #IAmNotARobot #HowCaptchaWorks