Comment on CAPTCHA ArbitrageparentComments−gwern15yBut... why is an organization of PhDs solving CAPTCHAs? Even if they are the most expensive service, it still seems to offer terrible hourly returns. That only raises the mystery.−aristus15yAn organization of PhDs writing software that solves captchas.−roel_v15y"it still seems to offer terrible hourly returns."Not if they train software to recognize letters. Once they succeed in that, they essentially have a money printing machine for a while.
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But... why is an organization of PhDs solving CAPTCHAs? Even if they are the most expensive service, it still seems to offer terrible hourly returns. That only raises the mystery.
An organization of PhDs writing software that solves captchas.
"it still seems to offer terrible hourly returns."
Not if they train software to recognize letters. Once they succeed in that, they essentially have a money printing machine for a while.