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kentuck

(116,384 posts) Wed Jul 15, 2026, 08:48 AM 20 hrs ago

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...that a robot checks to see if I am human?

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I still find it a little odd... [View all] kentuck 20 hrs ago OP

Hah! hlthe2b 20 hrs ago #1

EarlG ex machina. Solly Mack 20 hrs ago #2

I am never quite sure how to answer having been a robot for decades. twodogsbarking 20 hrs ago #3

We are under attack orangecrush 20 hrs ago #4

"I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that." ColoringFool 20 hrs ago #5

2001 Mossfern 20 hrs ago #8

HAL (snarky code for ibm .each letter +1). niyad 19 hrs ago #12

IBM: SCantiGOP 18 hrs ago #16

IBM: the company whose paper punch cards helped the nazis niyad 18 hrs ago #21

Those damn cards were everywhere in the '60s Wednesdays 17 hrs ago #27

We were still using them well into the 80s in the AF LogDog75 15 hrs ago #29

The second time I saw the film was at a 20th anniversary showing niyad 17 hrs ago #26

Wow!! I didn't know that! hamsterjill 17 hrs ago #25

2001: a space odyssey cbabe 19 hrs ago #15

The bots do the work of human owners FakeNoose 20 hrs ago #7

It's envious of you, no doubt. MineralMan 19 hrs ago #9

What most humans don't understand about us robots... MiHale 19 hrs ago #10

What pisses me off is the robot saying "approved", and then just niyad 19 hrs ago #11

I'd like to express Stacey Grove 19 hrs ago #13

LOL, I never thought about that. Emile 18 hrs ago #17

Captcha is one of my deadly enemies Warpy 18 hrs ago #18

A very simple computer algorithm isn't a robot. Martin68 18 hrs ago #19

AI apparently can't identify pictures Progressive dog 18 hrs ago #20

AI is stuck in a time and place of its programming. kentuck 18 hrs ago #23

It will help them find us after they become self-aware. Teacher of the Year 1 hr ago #30