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Re:CAPTCHAs don’t prove you’re human – they prove you’re Ame... by himinlomax on Friday November 27, 2020 @05:35AM (#25227409)
Doesn't sound like IQ tests at all.
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Re:CAPTCHAs don’t prove you’re human – they prove you’re Ame... by edent on Friday November 27, 2020 @05:50AM (#25227509)
That's the point. They were never intended to objectively assess intelligence. They were designed to reinforce the dominant culture.

Just like Google's tests do now.

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Re:CAPTCHAs don’t prove you’re human – they prove you’re Ame... by kube-system on Friday November 27, 2020 @08:08AM (#25228395)
I don’t think reCAPTCHA was designed to reinforce American culture. I think it was simply designed to make ML training sets for their other projects, and they neglected to make it accessible.
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Re:CAPTCHAs don’t prove you’re human – they prove you’re Ame... by eloox on Friday November 27, 2020 @06:05AM (#25227620)
I don't know much about the history of these tests. Can Hanlon's razor principle be applied here?
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Re:CAPTCHAs don’t prove you’re human – they prove you’re Ame... by edent on Friday November 27, 2020 @06:27AM (#25227759)
No. Look up to so called "literacy tests" used to disenfranchise voters. The people who designed those tests, and the "IQ" tests knew exactly what they were doing.
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Re:CAPTCHAs don’t prove you’re human – they prove you’re Ame... by mnw21cam on Friday November 27, 2020 @10:16AM (#25229292)
Similarly, https://arxiv.org/abs/1110.1556 - the "Jewish Problems" that were extra-hard maths questions used to find an excuse to prevent certain students from getting into university.
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